Verkhniy Rudnik Massif, Dalnegorsk, Lower Norian (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 104

Where: Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 135.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 134.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• Margarosmilia charlyana beds

•JA: originally entered as Norian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• light-grey framework limestone, locally with distinct algal hummocky bedding, biostrome facies

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Punina. 1997. Classification and correlation of Triassic limestones in Sikhote-Alin on the basis of corals. in J. M. Dickins, Z. Yang, H. Yin, S. G. Lucas, S. K. Acharyya, eds., Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic Circum-Pacific events and their global correlation. World and Regional Geology 10:186-192 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87234: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia sp., Volzeia badiotica
Volzeia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
Volzeia badiotica Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia cultus, Distichomeandra attenuata
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Craspedophyllia sp.
Craspedophyllia sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Celyphia sp.
Celyphia sp. Pomel 1872 demosponge
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon curioni