PBDB Collection

Kheta River-3 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (75.0° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 75.9° N, 80.0° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chetaites sibiricus zone, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, yellow sandstone

• lithology described as fine-grained yellow, glauconitic sandstone with irregularly shaped concretions of calcareous sandstone that is dark green, very dense, and viscous. Concretions 10-20 cm long and 3-5 cm in diam., majority of concretions without fauna

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. N. Saks, ed. 1975. The Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary and the Berriasian Stage in the Boreal Realm. 1-319 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2456: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 05.07.1999, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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Nodosariata
Robertinida - Epistominidae	ex gr. Epistomina reticulata ex gr. Epistomina reticulata originally entered as "Epistomina ex gr. reticulata"
Nodosariida - Nodosariidae	Marginulinopsis majmetchensis, Marginulinopsis chetae, Astacolus trigonius Marginulinopsis majmetchensis Marginulinopsis borealis majmetchensis Marginulinopsis chetae Astacolus trigonius
Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae	aff. Lenticulina pseudoarctica aff. Lenticulina pseudoarctica originally entered as "Lenticulina aff. pseudoarctica"
Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae	Pinaxiothyris sp. n. sp. Pinaxiothyris sp. n. sp. Dagys 1968 originally entered as "Pinaxiothyris n. sp."
Terebratulida - Triadithyrididae	Lenothyris ovalis Lenothyris ovalis Dagys 1968
Terebratulida - Boreiothyrididae	Taimyrothyris sp. n. sp., cf. Taimyrothyris humilis Taimyrothyris sp. n. sp. Dagys 1968 originally entered as "Taimyrothyris n. sp." cf. Taimyrothyris humilis Dagys 1968 originally entered as "Taimyrothyris cf. humilis"
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae	aff. Ptilorhynchia glabra, aff. Ptilorhynchia seducta aff. Ptilorhynchia glabra Dagys 1968 originally entered as "Ptilorhynchia aff. glabra" aff. Ptilorhynchia seducta Dagys 1968 originally entered as "Ptilorhynchia aff. seducta"
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae	Subcraspedites sp., "Paracraspedites sp." = Subcraspedites (Paracraspedites), Surites sp. Subcraspedites sp. Spath 1924 ammonite "Paracraspedites sp." = Subcraspedites (Paracraspedites) ammonite Surites sp. Sazonov 1951 ammonite originally entered as "Surites sp."
Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae	Chetaites sp. Chetaites sp. Shul'gina 1962 ammonite
Belemnitida - Belemnitidae	Cylindroteuthis lepida, Cylindroteuthis luljensis, Cylindroteuthis repentina, Cylindroteuthis porrectiformis Cylindroteuthis lepida belemnite Cylindroteuthis luljensis belemnite Cylindroteuthis repentina belemnite Cylindroteuthis porrectiformis Anderson 1945 belemnite
Bivalvia
Carditida - Astartidae	Astarte sp. Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Pholadida - Pleuromyidae	cf. Pleuromya uralensis cf. Pleuromya uralensis clam originally entered as "Pleuromya cf. uralensis"
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus sp. Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna sp. Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Liostrea sibirica Liostrea sibirica oyster
Pectinida - Buchiidae	Buchia terebratuloides Buchia terebratuloides Lahusen 1888 scallop
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"cf. Boreionectes breviauris" = Camptonectes (Boreionectes) "cf. Boreionectes breviauris" = Camptonectes (Boreionectes) scallop originally entered as "Boreionectes cf. breviauris"
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Musculus sibiricus Musculus sibiricus mussel