Verkhniy Park Cape, Kislovodsk (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (43.9° N, 42.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 46.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Epicheloniceras subnodosocostatum ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• Middle Aptian, Epicheloniceras subnodosocostatum Zone. Holotype is 6 m below the top of Member II.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, nodular sandstone

• The middle member (II) is represented by sandstones; at their base there is a horizon of large loaf-like calcareous nodules, and numerous small nodules of similar composition are scattered in the strata

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by K.S. Polkovoy

• Repository: F.N. Chernyshev Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Museum (TsNIGR Museum), St. Petersburg

Primary reference: K. S. Polkovoy. 2021. A new genus Kislovodskoceras (Desmoceratidae, Ammonoidea) from the middle Aptian of the vicinity of Kislovodsk (Northern Caucasus). Paleontological Journal 55:520-528more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236905: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.11.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Kislovodskoceras kislovodskense n. sp.
Kislovodskoceras kislovodskense n. sp. Polkovoy 2021 ammonite