ammonites
"Nakhodka Reef", lower quarry (Permian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 141

Where: Primorye, Russian Federation (42.8° N, 132.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 110.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lyudyanza Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.0 - 254.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Bioherm massifs

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. V. Belyaeva, A. V. Kiseleva, and A. P. Nikitina. 1997. Stages of Late Permian biogenic buildups in southern Primorye. Memoires de Geologie, Lausanne 30:151-154 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63899: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 24.08.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham