Where: Primorye, Russian Federation (42.9° N, 131.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 110.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zhitkov Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Upper Olenekian, Russian Substage, Neocolumbites insignis Zone, Zhitkov Suite, Layer 20 (1.5m)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. D. Zakharov, A. M. Popov, and G. I. Buryi. 2004. Triassic Ammonoid succession in South Primorye: 3. Late Olenekian - Early Anisian Zones (Neocolumbites insignis, Subcolumbites multiformis, Ussuriphyllites amurensis and Leiophyllites pradyumna). Albertiana 31:54-64 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47315: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.02.2005

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