Marine Bivalvia of Unel'skaya Suite in northwestern Kamchatka: Paleocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia mandaica (Yokoyama 1911)
recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) mandaica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella lincolnensis
Eucrassatella yessoensis
Eucrassatella cf. stillwaterensis
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia kovatschensis
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solena (Eosolen) cf. eugenensis (Clark 1925)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (? Katherinella) cf. arnoldi (Weaver 1916)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium (Nemocardium) lorenzanum (Arnold 1908)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma tigilensis Kristofovich 1947
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus cf. restorationensis Van Winkle 1918
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Saccella) pergamenti
original and current combination Saccella
Spineilo (Multidentata) polunini
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula cf. hannibali
Nucula (Lamellinucula) cf. mametschinskensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 62.5° North, 165.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:72.7° North, 160.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Unel'skaya
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Enters into the Yuzhnoilpin Horizon in western Kamchatka.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Siltstones, sandstones, interbeds of fine pebble conglomerates. Thickness 1400m.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:50177
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-09 21:36:21 Last modified:2005-05-10 00:36:21
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-09 21:36:20
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]