Boyarka River, Neotollia klimovskiensis zone, Taymyr, Siberia (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (70.5° N, 97.3° E: paleocoordinates 70.6° N, 81.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• Neotollia klimovskiensis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified, sandy siltstone

• fairly shallow facies from the southernmost part of the Khatanga Basin
• with concretions

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: N. I. Shulgina, M. D. Burdykina, V. A. Basov and N. Arhus. 1994. Distribution of ammonites, foraminifera and dinoflagellate cysts in the Lower Cretaceous reference sections of the Khatanga Basin, and Boreal Valanginian biogeography. Cretaceous Research 15(1):1-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65443: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
"Neotollia maimetschensis" = Tollia, "Neotollia klimovskiensis" = Tollia, "Temnoptychites cf. diptychus" = Nikitinoceras, Virgatoptychites trifurcatus, "Euryptychites sp." = Polyptychites (Euryptychites)
"Neotollia maimetschensis" = Tollia ammonite
"Neotollia klimovskiensis" = Tollia ammonite
"Temnoptychites cf. diptychus" = Nikitinoceras ammonite
"Euryptychites sp." = Polyptychites (Euryptychites) Pavlow 1914 ammonite
Dinophyceae
  -
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Sirmiodinium grossii Alberti 1961
Kiokansium sp. Below 1982
Hystrichodinium pulchrum Deflandre 1935
Oligosphaeridium sp. Davey and Williams 1966
Gonyaulacysta sp. Deflandre 1964
ex gr. cretacea/helicoidea
 Gonyaulacales -
 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
 Gonyaulacales -
  - Pareodiniaceae
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina chetaensis
subspecies berriassica
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
  -
"Marginulina transmutata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina aff. zaspelovae" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina corneola" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), "Marginulina gracilissima" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina transmutata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina aff. zaspelovae" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina corneola" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina gracilissima" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)