Krasnyi Agronom, boreholes 16 and 28-k, Gankin Formation, W Siberia (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (58.7° N, 67.5° E: paleocoordinates 53.0° N, 56.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gankin Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous siltstone and lithified, calcareous claystone

• low-energy, shallow-water environment with a low sedimentation rate
• greenish-grey calcareous silts and clays

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Kaim, A. L. Beisel, and N. I. Kurushin. 2004. Mesozoic gastropods from Siberia and Timan (Russia). Part 1: Vetigastropoda and Caenogastropoda (exclusive of Neogastropoda). Polish Polar Research 25(3-4):241-266 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66563: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella turbinae
Turritella turbinae turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Ageria gankinensis n. sp.
Ageria gankinensis n. sp. snail
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia sp.
Exilia sp. Conrad 1860 snail