Area of the Gobekadzhi wells, Tuarkyr (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

Where: Turkmenistan (40.8° N, 55.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 60.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• Upper Barremian, Turkmeniceras turkmenicum zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: The Material described is in the F. N. Chernyshev Central Geological Museum as item 10096.

Primary reference: T. N. Bogdanova. 1971. New Barremian ammonites from western Turkmenia. Paleontological Journal 5(3):334-344 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69015: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 15.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hemihoplitidae
Matheronites brevicostatus n. sp.
Matheronites brevicostatus n. sp. Bogdanova 1971 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Turkmeniceras rarecostatum, Turkmeniceras tumidum n. sp.
Turkmeniceras rarecostatum Bogdanova 1971 ammonite
Turkmeniceras tumidum n. sp. Bogdanova 1971 ammonite