Cape Nikolai, Admiralty Peninsula, North Island of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Admiraliteistva Peninsula

Where: Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation (75.2° N, 56.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 20.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Admiralty Formation, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Lower Triassic, Upper Vetlugian (?), upper subformation of Admiralty Formation (Admiraliteistva Svita) (Novikov, 1991).

•Ust-Mylskian, Lower Olenekian, Lower Triassic (Ivakhnenko, 2008).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: M. F. Ivakhnenko. 1983. Novye Prokolofony Vostochnoi Evropy [New Procolophonians from Eastern Europe]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1983(2):130-133 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93274: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 12.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
Orenburgia bruma n. sp. Ivakhnenko 1983 parareptile
PIN 3952/1 (type), 3952/2 (both are skulls)