PBDB Collection

Kheta River-4 (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; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: fauna was collected from calcareous sandstone concretions of layers 1 and 2 (fine-grained sandstones) along the Kheta River towpath

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 2457: 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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Bivalvia
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Musculus sp. Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus sp. Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Ostreida - Pinnidae	aff. Pinna suprajurensis aff. Pinna suprajurensis oyster originally entered as "Pinna aff. suprajurensis"
Pectinida - Buchiidae	cf. Buchia fischeriana, Buchia volgensis cf. Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845 scallop originally entered as "Buchia cf. fischeriana" Buchia volgensis Lahusen 1888 scallop
Pectinida - Oxytomidae	Oxytoma sp. Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	Pseudolimea arctica Pseudolimea arctica file clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	cf. Camptonectes imperialis cf. Camptonectes imperialis scallop originally entered as "Camptonectes cf. imperialis"
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Entolium nummulare Entolium nummulare scallop
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea sp. Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Parallelodon sp. Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Neocrassina vai, Astarte veneris Neocrassina vai clam Astarte veneris clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Protocardia sp. Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
Cephalopoda
Belemnitida - Cylindroteuthididae	Lagonibelus sibiricus Lagonibelus sibiricus belemnite originally entered as "Langonibelus sibiricus"
Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae	Praetollia sp., ex gr. Subcraspedites suprasbudites, ex gr. Subcraspedites anglicus, "Paracraspedites stenomphaloides" = Subcraspedites (Paracraspedites), Surites cf. tzikwinianus, Surites aff. tzikwinianus Praetollia sp. ammonite ex gr. Subcraspedites suprasbudites ammonite originally entered as "Subcraspedites ex gr. suprasbudites" ex gr. Subcraspedites anglicus ammonite originally entered as "Subcraspedites ex gr. anglicus" "Paracraspedites stenomphaloides" = Subcraspedites (Paracraspedites) ammonite Surites cf. tzikwinianus ammonite originally entered as "Surites cf. tzikwinianus" Surites aff. tzikwinianus ammonite originally entered as "Surites aff. tzikwinianus"
Ammonitida - Neocomitidae	? Argentiniceras sp. n. sp. ? Argentiniceras sp. n. sp. ammonite originally entered as "Argentiniceras? n. sp."
Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae	Chetaites sibiricus, cf. Chetaites sibiricus Chetaites sibiricus Shul'gina 1962 ammonite cf. Chetaites sibiricus Shul'gina 1962 ammonite originally entered as "Chetaites cf. sibiricus"