Where: Russian Federation (62.5° N, 165.0° E: paleocoordinates 63.2° N, 166.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kakertskaya Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Stratotype of the Kakert horizon in western Kamchatka.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. I. Kafanov and K. Ogasawara. 2004. Neogene and Paleogene Molluscan (Bivalvia) Cenozones of the Russian Northeast. Science Reports of the Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Section B 25:9-45 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50038: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.05.2005
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