Where: Armenia (39.6° N, 45.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° S, 41.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gnishik Formation, Wordian (268.8 - 265.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and T. G. Sarycheva. 1965. The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:1-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 113620: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Pseudovermiporella paranipponica n. sp. Korde 1965 | |
Strophomenata | |
Neochonetes armenicus Sokolskaja 1965 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Rhabdomeson floriferum Shishova 1964 |