Where: Kamchatka, Russian Federation (58.5° N, 159.0° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° N, 160.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: P14 nannofossil zone, upper Member (Snatolskaya Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• upper part of formation; PJW:was Lutetian - Bartonian, but the upper part of the formation is Bartonian P14 nannofossil zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 8049: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 15.06.2000, edited by Linda Ivany

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