Cape Zhonkier (Cretaceous to of Russian Federation)

Where: Sakhalin, Russian Federation (50.9° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 58.0° N, 131.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 83.6 Ma)

• in Japanese literature: Upper Yezo Group (aka Upper Ammonite Beds, Hobetsu Shale), now: Verbluzhegorsk (Upper Turonian-Coniacian) or Zhonkier (Santonian-Lower Campanian) Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91353: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus sachalinensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral