Novosiolka-1 (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (47.7° N, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 140.0° E)

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• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chekhov Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous, gray sandstone

• Chekhov Formation with light gray sandstones of tuffogenic origin with rare thin interlayers of brown coals and rare spherical nodules about 15 cm in average diameter. The nodules consist of gray fine-grained sandstone with siliceous-carbonate cement, and contain small inclusions of plant remains and shells of bivalves Macoma sp. and Nuculana sp.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. P. Malyshkina, M. V. Nazarkin, and A. V. Solovyow. 2024. An oldest record of the shark Cosmopolitodus planus (Lamnidae) from the Lower Miocene of the Sakhalin, Russia. Journal of Ichthyology 64(1):72-79 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 234677: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma sp.
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Cosmopolitodus planus" = Isurus planus
"Cosmopolitodus planus" = Isurus planus Agassiz 1856 mackerel shark
unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866