Where: Moskovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (55.8° N, 37.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 40.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Virgatites virgatus ammonoid zone, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• Lower Volgian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. A. Gerasimov. 1960. Gubki podmoskovskoy yury u nizhnego mela [Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sponges of the Moscow region]. Materialy po Geologii i Poleznym Ickopayemym Tsentral'nykh Rayonov Evropeyskoy Chasti SSSR 3:5-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116295: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Hexactinellida | |
Sphenaulax argillaceus, Sphenaulax infundibuliformis, Sphenaulax piriformis, Sphenaulax subargillaceus, Pachyascus lopatinensis
Sphenaulax argillaceus glass sponge
Sphenaulax infundibuliformis glass sponge
Sphenaulax piriformis Gerasimov 1960 glass sponge
Sphenaulax subargillaceus Gerasimov 1960 glass sponge
Pachyascus lopatinensis Gerasimov 1960 glass sponge | |
Polygonatium mosquense n. sp.
Polygonatium mosquense n. sp. Gerasimov 1960 glass sponge | |