Where: Kustanai, Kazakhstan (52.8° N, 62.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 53.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. A. Nessov in 1992
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt, D. P. Naidin, and A. P. Levina, E., and Simon. 1996. Maastrichtian faunas from the Turgay Strait (northern Kazakhstan). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 77:49-65 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186879: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
Inoperna sp. Conrad 1873 mussel | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam |