Marine Bivalvia of Ust'-Limimtevayamskaya Suite in eastern Kamchatka: Pliocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus (Mytilus) ex gr. edulis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mytilus edulis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Fortipecten hallae (Dall 1921)
original and current combination Pecten (Plagioctenium) hallae
Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. hastata (Sowerby 1842)
recombined as Chlamys hastata
Chlamys (Chlamys) cosibensis (Yokoyama 1911)
Chlamys (Chlamys) karaginskiensis Sinelnikova 1975
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Rictocyma) mirabilis
Tridonta alaskensis
spelled with current rank as Astarte (Tridonta)
Tridonta hemicymata
spelled with current rank as Astarte (Tridonta)
Tridonta loxia
spelled with current rank as Astarte (Tridonta)
Tridonta nortonensis
spelled with current rank as Astarte (Tridonta)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia pliocenica
Crassicardia crassidens (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Mya) cf. pseudoarenaria (Schlesch 1931)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Ciliatocardium ciliatum (Fabricius 1780)
recombined as Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
Laevicardium subcostale
Serripes groenlandicus Mohr 1786
recombined as Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma golikovi Scarlato and Kafanov 1988
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) golikovi
Macoma brota Dall 1916
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta aleutica (Dall 1901)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panomya ampla Dall 1898
Panomya arctica (Lamarck 1818)
synonym of Panomya norvegica
Cyrtodaria kurriana Dunker 1861
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Nuculana) pernula (Müller 1779)
recombined as Nuculana pernula
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia (Cnesterium) seminuda (Dall 1871)
synonym of Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica
Yoldia (Cnesterium) kuluntunensis Slodkevich 1936
synonym of Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 59.0° North, 163.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.1° North, 164.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ust'-Limimtevayamskaya
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Stratotype of the Ust'-Limimtevayam Horizon in Koryak Upland and northeastern Kamchatka.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tuffaceous lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Tuff sandstones, partly with inclusions of gravel and pebble, lenses of sandstones and carbonate concretions. Thickness 130-140m.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:50080
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-06 06:04:29 Last modified:2005-05-10 01:25:20
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-06 06:04:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13418. A. I. Kafanov and K. Ogasawara. 2004. Neogene and Paleogene Molluscan (Bivalvia) Cenozones of the Russian Northeast. Science Reports of the Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Section B 25:9-45 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]