Taas-Aryy Island (Ulakhan-Krest Formation 13 (15,5 m) (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (71.8° N, 127.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 78.7° N, 49.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Indigirites krugi ammonoid zone, 13 Member (Ulakhan-Krest Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, lenticular, concretionary, argillaceous mudstone

• Dark-gray mudstones with calcareous interbed and

•dispersed spherical concretions. There are also lenses (in

•the lower part of the bed) and 1–5 cm thick partings (in

•the upper part) rich in echinoid spines.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. G. Konstantinov, E. S. Sobolev, and A. V. Yadrenkin. 2007. Detailed biostratigraphy of Triassic deposits in the Lena lower reaches(northern Yakutia). Russian Geology and Geophysics 48:721-736 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124558: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 18.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonoida - Nathorstitidae
Indigirites krugi Popov 1946 ceratite
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella tasaryensis Voronetz 1936 scallop