Kheta River-8 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (75.0° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 75.9° N, 80.0° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bojarkia mesezhnikowi zone, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: fauna from either of two types of concretions in layer 4: small, loose concretions of ferruginized coquinoid sandstone or larger concretions of calcareous sandstone

Primary reference: V. N. Saks, ed. 1975. The Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary and the Berriasian Stage in the Boreal Realm. 1-319 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2461: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 05.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
? Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
originally entered as "Tancredia? sp."
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
ex gr. Buchia keyserlingi Lahusen 1888 scallop
originally entered as "Buchia ex gr. keyserlingi"
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
cf. Pinna romanikhae oyster
originally entered as "Pinna cf. romanikhae"
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"aff. Liostrea anabarensis" = Deltoideum (Boreiodeltoideum) anabarensis
"aff. Liostrea anabarensis" = Deltoideum (Boreiodeltoideum) anabarensis Bodylevsky 1949 oyster
originally entered as "Liostrea aff. anabarensis"
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae