Il’pinskii Peninsula (Eocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Kamchatka, Russian Federation (59.9° N, 164.8° E: paleocoordinates 65.4° N, 166.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Upper Kylan Member (Kylan Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Member 10

Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous siltstone

• 60-m-thick tuff siltstone with tuffstone beds and carbonate concretions of variable size and form.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Y. Gladenkov. 2013. First Finds of Eocene Diatoms in the Marine Paleogene Reference Section in the Il’pinskii Peninsula, Northeastern Kamchatka. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 21(1):96-106 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202259: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Aulacodiscus sp., Distephanosira architecturalis, Hyalopoda spirialis, Pterotheca aculifera, Pterotheca sp.
Biddulphia
  - Biddulphiaceae
Biddulphia sp.
Biddulphia sp. Gray 1821
Hemiaulus
  - Biddulphiaceae
Hemiaulus sp., Hemiaulus polymorphus
Hemiaulus sp. Ehrenberg 1844
Hemiaulus polymorphus Grunow 1884
Odontella
  - Triceratiaceae
Odontella sp.
Odontella sp. Agardh 1832
Clavicula
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Clavicula arenosa
Bacillariophyceae
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Xanthiopyxis ovalis, Xanthiopyxis panduraeformis, Xanthiopyxis sp., Xanthiopyxis oblonga
Xanthiopyxis sp. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom
Xanthiopyxis oblonga Ehrenberg 1845 diatom
 Melosirales - Trochosiraceae
Trochosira spinosa
 Melosirales - Hyalodiscaceae
Hyalodiscus sp.
Hyalodiscus sp. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom
 Melosirales - Stephanopyxidaceae
Stephanopyxis grunowii, Stephanopyxis marginata, Stephanopyxis superba, Stephanopyxis sp., Stephanopyxis turris
Stephanopyxis sp. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom
Stephanopyxis turris Greville and Arnot 1857 diatom
 Arachnoidiscales - Arachnoidiscaceae
Arachnoidiscus russicus
 Paraliales - Paraliaceae
Paralia sp., Paralia sulcata
Paralia sp. Heiberg 1863 diatom
Paralia sulcata Ehrenberg 1838 diatom
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Trinacria excavata, Trinacria sp.
Trinacria sp. Heiberg 1863 diatom
 Hemiaulales - Hemiaulaceae
Riedelia borealis
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Porotheca danica, Liradiscus sp., Liradiscus ovalis
Liradiscus sp. Greville 1865 diatom
Liradiscus ovalis Greville 1865 diatom
 Centrales - Eupodiscaceae
Triceratium (Lisitzinia) inconspicuum
 Stictodiscales - Stictodiscaceae
Stictodiscus hardmanianus, Stictodiscus kittonianus
  - Hemidiscaceae
Azpeitia cf. tuberculata
Azpeitia cf. tuberculata diatom
var. atlantica
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Goniothecium rogersii, Pseudopyxilla sp.
Goniothecium rogersii Ehrenberg 1843 diatom
Pseudopyxilla sp. Forti 1909 diatom
 Coscinodiscales - Heliopeltaceae
Actinoptychus senarius, Actinoptychus aff. senarius
Actinoptychus senarius Ehrenberg 1838 diatom
Actinoptychus aff. senarius Ehrenberg 1838 diatom
 Coscinodiscales - Coscinodiscaceae
Coscinodiscus argus, Coscinodiscus cf. decrescenoides, Coscinodiscus cf. decrescens, Coscinodiscus sp., Coscinodiscus aff. subtilis, Coscinodiscus marginatus, Stellarima sp.
Coscinodiscus sp. Ehrenberg 1839 diatom
Coscinodiscus aff. subtilis Ehrenberg 1839 diatom
Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg 1839 diatom
Stellarima sp. Hasle and Sims 1986 diatom
  - Chaetocerotaceae
Chaetoceros sp.
Chaetoceros sp. Ehrenberg 1844 diatom
 Rhizosoleniales - Pyxillaceae
Pyxilla gracilis