Where: Russian Federation (52.6° N, 143.2° E: paleocoordinates 52.7° N, 142.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Nutovskaya Formation (Pomyr Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the upper Nutovskaya suite of the "Pomyr" horizon, which lies above the "Nutov", and "Maruyama" (Late Miocene) horizons. THICKNESS: Total thickness of unit is unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of classification into the "Pomyr" horizon. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for upper part of the "formation" in this area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone and poorly lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, presumably Sokolov and Tikhonovich (c. 1925). 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 70471: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia (Cnesterium) notabilis, "Yoldia (Cnesterium) kuluntunensis" = Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica
Yoldia (Cnesterium) notabilis Yokoyama 1922 clam
"Yoldia (Cnesterium) kuluntunensis" = Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica Valenciennes 1846 clam | |
Siliqua alta Broderip and Sowerby I 1829 clam | |
"Mya (Mya) cf. uzenensis" = Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria
"Mya (Mya) cf. uzenensis" = Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria Schlesch 1931 softshell clam | |
Liocyma fluctuosa Gould 1841 venus clam
Protothaca (Novathaca) euglypta venus clam | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea, "Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica, Angulus cf. vestalioides, "Megangulus luteus" = Tellina (Megangulus)
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Angulus cf. vestalioides tellin clam
"Megangulus luteus" = Tellina (Megangulus) tellin clam | |
"Clinocardium cf. braunsi" = Cardium braunsi, "Keenocardium californiense" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium) californiense
"Clinocardium cf. braunsi" = Cardium braunsi Tokunaga 1906 cockle
"Keenocardium californiense" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium) californiense Deshayes 1839 cockle | |
Musculus niger Gray 1824 mussel | |