ammonites
Madygen, PIN collection 2944, Dzhailoucho area (Triassic of Kyrgyzstan)

Where: Osh, Kyrgyzstan (40.1° N, 70.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 60.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Madygen Formation, Carnian (235.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• Usually considered Ladinian-Carnian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Oxbow lake

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: V. G. Novokshonov. 1997. New Triassic Scorpionflies (Insecta, Mecoptera). Paleontological Journal 31(6):628-635 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117253: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.09.2011

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