Moscow Basin, borehole 112, sample 3 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Moskovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (56.1° N, 37.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 33.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert

• opoka

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: V. S. Vishnevskaya and P. De Wever. 1998. Upper Cretaceous Radiolaria from the Russian Platform (Moscow Basin). Revue de Micropaleontologie 41(3):235-265 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95977: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Lithocampida
Lithocampe marinae
Lithocampe marinae Gorbovetz 1966 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra vulgaris, Dictyomitra striata
Archaeodictyomitra vulgaris Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Dictyomitra striata Lipman 1952 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax stocki
Amphipyndax stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Larnacillidae
Histiastrum membraniferum
Histiastrum membraniferum Lipman 1952 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella cf. messinae
Crucella cf. messinae Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Rhopalastrum trigonale, Rhopalastrum tumidum, Euchitonia santonica
Rhopalastrum tumidum Lipman 1952 radiolarian
Euchitonia santonica Lipman 1952 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma vacaensis, Orbiculiforma multa
Orbiculiforma vacaensis Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma multa Kozlova 1966 radiolarian