Petrakovka - locality 14 of Tverdokhlebov et al. 2005 (Permian of Russian Federation)

Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (52.1° N, 55.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 48.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bolshekinelskaya Formation, Urzhumian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• "Bolshekinelskaya Svita, Urzhumian Gorizont, lower Tatarian substage, Upper Permian."

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; fine-grained, yellow sandstone and brown claystone

• "Buff, yellow, fine-grained, cross-bedded sandstone with lenses of conglomerate. Buff-brown clay with fish remains and siltstone."

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: V. P. Tverdokhlebov, G. I. Tverdokhlebova, A. V. Minikh, M. V. Surkov, and M. J. Benton. 2005. Upper Permian vertebrates and their sedimentological context in the South Urals, Russia. Earth-Science Reviews 69:27-77 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 189971: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 24.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Platysomus biarmicus Von Eichwald 1861