Hauterivian - Ulyanovsk, Volga Region (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (54.3° N, 48.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 50.5° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic units and stratigraphic position (see Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin, 2006). AGE: Hauterivian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported in text (see Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin, 2006), but assigned to a siliciclastic - coastal indet. environment on the basis of assumed facies. TECTONIC SETTING: No tectonic data reported. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: No sequence stratigraphic data reported.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, but appears to be a sandstone based on observation of figured specimens. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified-poorly lithified based on observation of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTORS: Presumably collected by authors, I.V. Blagovetshenskiy and I.A. Shumilkin. REPOSITORY: UKM.

Primary reference: I.V. Blagovetshenskiy and I.A. Shumilkin. 2006. Gastropod Mollusks from the Hauterivian of Ulyanovsk (Volga Region): 2. Genera Khetella Beisel, 1977 and Cretadmete gen. nov. Paleontological Journal 40(2):29-33 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62245: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Limited to two gastropod families. See Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin (2006) for additional gastropod taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication. Modern nomenclature and species-level assignments.
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Gastropoda
  - Admetidae
Cretadmete neglecta n. sp.
Cretadmete neglecta n. sp. Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin 2006 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Khetella trautscholdi n. sp.
Khetella trautscholdi n. sp. Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin 2006 true whelk