Basin Bolschoi Anjui, Vurguveem (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (64.0° N, 162.0° E: paleocoordinates 72.3° N, 113.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: L. V. Milova. 1976. Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphy and Bivalvia of northern Priokhotye. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Trudy Severo-Vost. Kompl. Nauchno. Issled. Institut 65 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39320: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 26.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Polymorphites sp. Haug 1887 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea monstrosa n. sp. oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
sp. 1 and sp. 2
Plagiostoma punctata Sowerby 1818 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus, Chlamys vurguveemensis, Chlamys proprius n. sp.
"Aequipecten priscus" = Pecten priscus Schlotheim 1820 scallop
n. subsp. borealis
Chlamys proprius n. sp. scallop