Ishek-Iol district, Bolshoi Balkhan (top Meulam Fm) (Jurassic of Turkmenistan)

Where: Turkmenistan (39.7° N, 54.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.0° N, 68.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zigzag ammonoid zone, Meulam Formation, Early/Lower Bathonian (168.2 - 165.3 Ma)

• Top Meulam subformation. Yeovilensis subzone.

• 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 189067: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.10.2017

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae
Morphoceras subpatescens Besnosov 1993 ammonite