Where: Russian Federation (43.9° N, 40.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° S, 55.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Urushten Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• Late Changhsingian; uppermost part of Urushten Formation, Claraioides labensis assemblage
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: G. V. Kotlyar, Y. D. Zakharov, and I. V. Polubotko. 2004. Late Changhsingian fauna of the northwestern Caucasus Mountains, Russia. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):513-527 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60743: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Claraioides sp., Claraioides labensis n. sp.
Claraioides sp. Fang 1993 scallop
Claraioides labensis n. sp. Kotlyar et al. 2004 scallop |