Pontoteiskie Mts.2 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Anadyr-Koryakskii Region, Russian Federation (62.0° N, 165.0° E: paleocoordinates 78.4° N, 125.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• lithology described as tuff sandstones coarse-graine, with fragments of green siltstones, tuff sandstones, gritstones and conglomerate

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 2536: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 07.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia elliptica, Buchia okensis, cf. Buchia fischeriana
Buchia okensis Pavlow 1907 scallop
cf. Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845 scallop
originally entered as "Buchia cf. fischeriana"
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp.
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite