Kyafar River basin, sample 15-2-3-1 (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Karachay-Cherkessia, Russian Federation (43.9° N, 41.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 47.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Parkinsonia parkinsoni ammonoid zone, Upper Member (Djangura Formation), Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• Rarecostites subarietis Faunal Horizon

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray mudstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: V. V. Mitta, Y.u. N. Savelieva, A. A. Fedorova and O. V. Shurekova. 2018. Ammonites, Microfauna, and Palynomorphs from the Lower Part of the Upper Bajocian Parkinsoni Zone of the Basin of the Bolshoi Zelenchuk River, Northern Caucasus. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 26(5):552-570 [A. Kocsis/N. Stilkerich]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198645: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Nina Stilkerich on 04.01.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
  -
"Ophtalmidium ex gr. balkaricum" = Ophthalmidium, Ophthalmidium caucasicum
"Ophtalmidium ex gr. balkaricum" = Ophthalmidium
Abundance: 4
Ophthalmidium caucasicum Antonova 1958
Abundance: 5
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochammina egens
Abundance: 6
Trochammina chodzica
Abundance: 2
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammolagena longa
Abundance: 1
 Textulariina - Hippocrepinidae
Hippocrepinidae indet. Rhumbler 1895
Abundance: >50
 Ceratobuliminacea -
Ceratobuliminacea indet. Cushman 1927
Abundance: 8
  -
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoididae indet. Maync 1952
Abundance: >50
  -
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862
Abundance: 1
  -
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubecularia spp.
Abundance: 1
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina spp. Lamarck 1804
Abundance: 8
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Abundance: 3
Dentalina spp. d'Orbigny 1826
Abundance: 2
Astacolus caucasicus
Abundance: 3
Planularia spp. Defrance 1826
Abundance: 3
 Life -
Micrhystridium sp. Deflandre 1937 acritarchs
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Abundance: 4
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Pontocyprella sp. ostracod
Abundance: 4
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Bythoceratina sp. Hornibrook 1952 ostracod
Abundance: 1
"Monoceratina" "sp. 1" Roth 1928 ostracod
Abundance: 1
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eocytheropteron sp. Alexander 1933 ostracod
Abundance: 1
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Abundance: 1
? Procytherura sheppardina ostracod
Abundance: 1
Dinophyceae
  - Pareodiniaceae
Pareodinia ceratophora Deflandre 1947
  - Nannoceratopsiaceae
Nannoceratopsis sp. Deflandre 1939
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae