Where: Kamchatka, Russian Federation (58.5° N, 159.0° E: paleocoordinates 63.0° N, 160.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Snatolskaya Formation), Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; lithified, fine-grained, medium sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• gastropods only

Primary reference: A. E. Oleinik. 2001. Eocene gastropods of western Kamchatka - implications for high-latitude north Pacific biostratigraphy and biogeography. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 166:121-140 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/L. Ivany]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7275: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 22.05.2000, edited by Linda Ivany

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