Where: Kamchatka, Russian Federation (58.5° N, 159.0° E: paleocoordinates 62.1° N, 160.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kovachinskaya Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• conformably overlies the Snatolskaya Fm

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, sandy mudstone and tuff

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• gastropods only

Primary reference: A. E. Oleinik. 2001. Eocene gastropods of western Kamchatka - implications for high-latitude north Pacific biostratigraphy and biogeography. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 166:121-140 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/L. Ivany]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5946: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Sarah DeLong on 03.01.2000, edited by Linda Ivany

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