Verkhniy Rudnik Massif, Dalnegorsk, Upper Carnian (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3414

Where: Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 135.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 122.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Volzeia badiotica beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• light-grey framework limestone, biostrome facies

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Punina. 1997. Classification and correlation of Triassic limestones in Sikhote-Alin on the basis of corals. in J. M. Dickins, Z. Yang, H. Yin, S. G. Lucas, S. K. Acharyya, eds., Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic Circum-Pacific events and their global correlation. World and Regional Geology 10:186-192 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87233: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia sp., Volzeia badiotica
Volzeia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
Volzeia badiotica Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Pachysolenia primorica
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Uvanella sp.
Uvanella sp. Ott 1967 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia sp.
Sollasia sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge