Darbazakam, Aruk-Tau range (Cretaceous of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (37.5° N, 68.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.1° N, 69.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bostrychoceras polyplocum ammonoid zone, Daralitau Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.6 - 72.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of the Department of Geology and Subsoil Resources Protection under the Council of Ministers of the Tajik SSR

Primary reference: A. A. Atabekyan and F. K. Khakimov. 1976. Kampanskie i Maastrikhtskie ammonity sredney Azii 1-146 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186535: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Hoplitoplacenticeras vari Schlüter 1872 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
"Scaphites aff. brevis" = Hoploscaphites brevis
"Scaphites aff. brevis" = Hoploscaphites brevis Meek 1876 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites anceps Lamarck 1822 ammonite