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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Ichnomylax karatajae n. sp.
Ichnomylax karatajae n. sp. Reisz et al. 2004 lungfish |