Paksa Peninsula, Polyptychites michalskii zone, Yakutia, Siberia: Early/Lower Valanginian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Isthmocystis distincta
Lagenorhytis delicatula
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Dichotomites sp. Koenen 1909
Polyptychites ex gr. michalskii Bogoslowsky 1902
recombined as Polyptychites (Polyptychites) michalskii
Neopolyptychites sp. Shulgina 1983
synonym of Polyptychites (Euryptychites)
Astieriptychites sp. Bodylevsky 1960
spelled with current rank as Polyptychites (Astieriptychites)
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globulina praelacrima
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina nivalis
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Astacolus suspectus
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Gaudryina gerkei
Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Cribrostomoides sinnosus
Cribrostomoides infracretaceus
Cribrostomoides romanovae
Haplophragmoides concavoides
Haplophragmoides votubilis
Hemisphaeramminidae
Crithionina sp. Goës 1894
Ammosphaeroidinidae
Recurvoides obskiensis
Recurvoides dubrovskajae
Ammodiscidae
Glomospira ex gr. arctica
Ammodiscus nuceus
Ammodiscus mackenziensis
Glomospirella ex gr. gaultina
Trochamminidae
Trochammina parviloculata
unclassified
Marginulina turgida
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Marginulina corneola
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Marginulina striatocostata
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Orietalia ex gr. baccula
listed as Orientalia
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales
Dingodinium ex gr. tuberosum
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
cf. Leptodinium hyalodermopse
Sentusidinium sp. Sarjeant and Stover 1978
aff. Perisseiasphaeridium sp. Davey and Williams 1966
listed as Perisseiasphaeridinium
Gonyaulacysta fastigiata Duxbury 1977
Hystrichodinium ex gr. pulchrum Deflandre 1935
Sirmiodinium grossii Alberti 1961
Tubotuberella apatela Ioannides et al. 1977
listed as Tubotubella
Oligosphaeridium cf. poculum Jain 1977
Cribroperidinium cf. spinoreticulatum
Avellodinium sp. Blackhouse 1988
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales
Chlamydophorella sp. Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cleistosphaeridium sp. Davey 1966
sp. B
Tanyosphaeridium ex gr. variecalamus
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Cyclonephelium cuculliforme
Circulodinium compta
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales
Valensiella ex gr. ovula
Dinophyceae
Trichodinium speetonense
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 73.9° North, 112.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:76.0° North, 89.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Early/Lower Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Polyptychites michalskii zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: clayey siltstone with concretions, 40.8 m thick
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: relatively deep water environments in the central part of the Khatanga Basin
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:65748
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2006-09-25 02:48:25 Last modified:2006-09-25 05:48:25
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-25 02:48:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18860. N. I. Shulgina, M. D. Burdykina, V. A. Basov and N. Arhus. 1994. Distribution of ammonites, foraminifera and dinoflagellate cysts in the Lower Cretaceous reference sections of the Khatanga Basin, and Boreal Valanginian biogeography. Cretaceous Research 15(1):1-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]