Where: Russian Federation (50.8° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 139.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nevel'skaya Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Nevel'skaya suite of the "Nevelisk" horizon, which lies between the "Kholmsk" (Late Oligocene) and "Uglegor" (Middle Miocene) horizons. THICKNESS: Total thickness of upper unit is 900 m. AGE: Late Oligocene, on the basis of classification into the lower part of the "Nevelisk" horizon. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for this part of the formation in this area.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified tuff and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, 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 70528: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.03.2007

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