Akhvakhshtab, Dagestan (lower Tsudakhar Fm) (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (42.6° N, 46.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.1° N, 62.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tsudakhar Formation, Late/Upper Bajocian (168.6 - 168.2 Ma)

• Lower Tsudakhar formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Vserossiyskiy Nauchno-Issledovatel'skiy Geologicheskiy Neftyanoy Institut (VNIGRI)

Primary reference: N. V. Besnosov and V. V. Mitta. 1993. Pozdnebayosskie i Batskie Ammonitidy Severnogo Kavkaza i Sredney Azii 1-347 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188556: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.09.2017

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Rarecostites rarecostatum Buckman 1881 ammonite