Where: Russian Federation (47.4° N, 142.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 132.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sinegorskiy Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Sinegorskiy suite of the upper part of the "Sinegorskiy" horizon, which lies concordantly upon marine deposits of Maastrichtian age and is overlapped by Paleogene coal deposits of the Nizhneduyskaya suite. THICKNESS: Total thickness of unit is 160 m. AGE: Danian-Early Paleocene, on the basis of generic composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for formation in this area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, presumably Kalishevich and Posyl'nyi (c. 1958). REPOSITORY: Unknown repository.
Primary reference: A. I. Kafanov and K. Ogasawara. 2003. Neogene and Paleogene Molluscan (Bivalvia) Cenozones of Sakhalin and Kurile Islands. Science Reports, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba 24:45-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70563: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.03.2007
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