Uandi Suite - Uandi Point, Aleksandocsk-Sakhalinsky District, Sakhalin (Pliocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (51.2° N, 142.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 141.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Uandi Formation (Pomyr Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Uandi suite of the "Pomyr" horizon, which lies above the "Nutov", and "Maruyama" (Late Miocene) horizons. THICKNESS: Total thickness of unit is 500 m. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of classification into the "Pomyr" horizon. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for "formation" in this area.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, argillaceous sandstone and poorly lithified claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text; assumed to be cool-water coastal setting on the basis of faunal composition.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay sandstones, sands, clays, with beds of lignites and gravels. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, assumed on the basis of age and facies.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, presumably Krystofovich (c. 1932). REPOSITORY: Unknown repository.

Primary reference: A. I. Kafanov and K. Ogasawara. 2003. Neogene and Paleogene Molluscan (Bivalvia) Cenozones of Sakhalin and Kurile Islands. Science Reports, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba 24:45-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70470: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia; no other groups listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but nomenclature revised by specialists, with species and subgenus-level identifications.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) cosibensis Yokoyama 1911 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae