Volzeia badiotica Beds, near Dalnegorsk (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Primorye, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 135.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 122.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Volzeia Beds Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• layers of massive and bedded limestones (biostrome)

Primary reference: T. A. Punina. 1997. Stratigraphic levels of Triassic limestones of the South Sikhote-Alin (on the basis of coral study). Memoires de Geologie (Lausanne) 30:155-174 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57017: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 01.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia badiotica, Volzeia subdichotoma
Volzeia badiotica Volz 1896 stony coral
Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Pachysolenia primorica
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Distichomeandra sp., Margarosmilia sp.
Distichomeandra sp. Cuif 1976 stony coral
Margarosmilia sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
Conodonta
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Ancyrogondolella triangularis
Ancyrogondolella triangularis Budurov 1972 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Paragondolella cf. polygnathiformis
Paragondolella cf. polygnathiformis Budurov and Stefanov 1965 conodont
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus decussatum
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita pichleri
Cardita pichleri Bittner 1895 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon currioni