Senek Creek Ravine (Carboniferous of Russian Federation)

Where: Tuva, Russian Federation (51.0° N, 91.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 29.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Herbesskaya Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; tuffaceous, gray, yellow lime mudstone and quartzose sandstone

• large but shallow subsaline landlocked sea
• These rocks are composed mostly of yellowish grey, reddish, or less often lilac-brown silicified tuffs and tuffites, and variously grained polymictic and quartzous sandstones alternating with interbeds of gritstones and limestones.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. M. Prokofiev. 2004. A remarkable new paleoniscoid fish (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the Lower Carboniferous of Tuva Republic (Russia). Paleontological Research 8(2):109-114 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136207: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 22.11.2012, edited by Sophie Fasey

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Taxonomic list

• Plants and fish are known from this formation in this area.
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Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Cosmoptychiidae
Grassator sp.
Grassator sp. Kazantseva 1968
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Ganolepis sp.
Ganolepis sp. Woodward 1893
 Palaeoniscimorpha -
Senekichthys hirundo n. gen. n. sp.
Senekichthys hirundo n. gen. n. sp. Prokofiev 2004
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet.
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887 ray-finned fish