Tareya reference section: locality no. 70 (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Siberia, Russian Federation (74.0° N, 97.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• The lungfish material has been found in the last layer, in a ten-cm thick bed, which is situated about 30 cm from the base of layer 68. Note: no details about the formation is given.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Dr. Valia Karatajūte-Talimaa in 1983

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• Repository: Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow

Primary reference: R. R. Reisz, N. I. Krupina, and M. M. Smith. 2004. Dental histology in Ichnomylax karatajae sp. nov., an Early Devonian dipnoan from the Taymir Peninsula, Siberia, with a discussion on petrodentine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(1):18-25 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135992: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 14.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Speonesydrionidae
Ichnomylax karatajae n. sp. Reisz et al. 2004 lungfish