Sample 234, Barents Sea, Pesha well (Jurassic to of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (70.0° N, 50.0° E: paleocoordinates 64.2° N, 43.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Tithonian to Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• Middle Volgian (panderi zone)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous claystone

• Siliceous clay rock

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: V. S. Vishnevskaya and B. L. Murchey. 2002. Climatic affinity and possible correlation of some Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous radiolarian assemblages from Russia and North America. Micropaleontology 48(S1):89-111 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51297: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Williriedellum cf. ruesti Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae