Gulf of Korfa, Eastern Kamchatka (XIV) (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (60.4° N, 165.9° E: paleocoordinates 61.1° N, 167.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• above the Pakhachinskaya Suite, Layer XIV

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: Y.u. B. Gladenkov, G. M. Bratseva, L. I. Mitrofanova and V. N. Sinel'nikova. 1988. Raschleneniye oligotsen-nizhnemiotsenovykh tolshch vostochnoy Kamchatki (zaliv Korfa). Subdivision of Oligocene-lower Miocene layers of eastern Kamchatka, Gulf of Korfa. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriya Geologicheskaya 1988(8):3-16 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45451: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.10.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla hormigacuesta Addicott 1970 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius arnoldi Anderson 1905 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria oregonensis Conrad 1865 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus ochotensis Slodkewitsch 1936 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Phacosoma tugaruana" = Dosinia tugaruana, Securella chehalisensis
"Phacosoma tugaruana" = Dosinia tugaruana Nomura 1935 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Parthenocissus sp. Planchon 1887
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Osmunda sp. Linnaeus 1753
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822