Where: Russian Federation (57.8° N, 158.6° E: paleocoordinates 62.3° N, 159.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Snatol'skaya Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)
• The Snatol'skaya Suite corresponds to the Snatol Horizon, which is confidently assigned to the Middle Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian).
• 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 50051: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.05.2005
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