Where: Russian Federation (43.0° N, 132.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 135.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chigan Formation, Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)
• Late Volgian age
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: I. I. Sey and E. D. Kalacheva. 1999. Lower Berriasian of Southern Primorye (Far East Russia) and the problem of Boreal--Tethyan correlation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 150(1-2):49-63 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47697: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Buchia unschensis scallop
Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845 scallop
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop |