Where: Russian Federation (47.1° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 140.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kurasiyskaya Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kurasiyskaya suite of the the "Kurasi" horizon, which lies between the "Uglegor" (Middle Miocene) and "Maruyama" (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene) horizons. THICKNESS: Total thickness of unit is 1500 m. AGE: Late Miocene, on the basis of classification into the "Kurasi" horizon. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for formation in this area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, sandy, cherty/siliceous siltstone and lithified, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably Uwatoko (c. 1937). 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 70476: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2007
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