NE Cenral Asia (Cretaceous of USSR)

Where: USSR (39.8° N, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 66.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Fatina costei zone, Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: green carbonate

• lithology can also be grey

Primary reference: Z. N. Pojarkova. 1984. The Cenomanian and Turonian in Northeastern Central Asia. Cretaceous Research 5:1-14 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3808: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 10.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Farina costei
originally entered as "Fatina costei"
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
"Gombeoceras kanicum" = Thomasites
"Gombeoceras kanicum" = Thomasites ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda -
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
cf. Gyrodes pansus moon snail
originally entered as "Gyrodes cf. pansus"
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea vatonnei" = Gyrostrea (Vatonnei) vatonnei Peron and Thomas 1891 oyster
Gyrostrea turkestanensis Bobkova 1946 oyster
"Liostrea delettrei" = Gyrostrea delettrei Coquand 1862 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis, "Plicatula batnensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
"Plicatula auressensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) auressensis Coquand 1862 scallop
"Plicatula batnensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Pygaulus faasi, "Echinobrissus markovi" = Nucleolites, "Echinobrissus gultchensis" = Nucleolites
Pygaulus faasi sea urchin
"Echinobrissus markovi" = Nucleolites sea urchin
"Echinobrissus gultchensis" = Nucleolites sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster solignaci heart urchin
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae