Where: Russian Federation (59.9° N, 165.0° E: paleocoordinates 65.4° N, 166.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kylanskaya Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Stratotype of the Kylan Horizon in Koryak Upland and northeastern Kamchatka.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified siltstone
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 50129: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Megayoldia (Portlandella) kilanskensis, Megayoldia (Portlandella) breviscapha, Megayoldia (Portlandella) cf. watasei
Megayoldia (Portlandella) cf. watasei Kanehara 1937 clam | |
Nuculana (Saccella) cf. denominata, Nuculana (Saccella) cf. hokkaidoensis, Spineilo (Multidentata) semenovi
Nuculana (Saccella) cf. denominata Hanna 1924 pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Saccella) cf. hokkaidoensis Oyama and Mizuno 1958 pointed nut clam
Spineilo (Multidentata) semenovi pointed nut clam | |
Acila (Truncacila) cf. decisa Conrad 1855 divaricate nutclam
Leionucula hannibali nut clam | |
Propeamussium kronokiensis mud scallop
Propeamussium pillarensis mud scallop | |
Bathyarca ilpinensis clam | |
"Callocardia (Nitidavenus) tejonensis" = Nitidavenus tejonensis
"Callocardia (Nitidavenus) tejonensis" = Nitidavenus tejonensis Waring 1914 venus clam |