Mena River-5 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (56.0° N, 45.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 46.6° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; ooidal, silty, calcareous shale

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 2520: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 07.07.1999, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Surites ex gr. simplex Bogoslowsky 1902 ammonite
originally entered as "Surites ex gr. simplex"
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia trigonoides Lahusen Smith 1894 scallop