Tsvetkov Cape (SPU Morzhovaya Fm collection) (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (75.0° N, 112.8° E: paleocoordinates 60.5° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Morzhovaya Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Presence of Chiosella sp. in lower part and Neogondolella constricta in upper part imply that undivided material spans most of the Anisian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone and lithified mudstone

• Dark gray siltstones and mudstones

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontology Museum, St. Petersburg University (MP SPU)

Primary reference: A. Ivanov and T. Klets. 2007. Triassic marine fishes from Siberia, Russia. In S.G. Lucas, J.A. Spielmann (eds.), The Global Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41:108-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149341: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus sp. Woodward 1888 elasmobranch