ammonites
Chernovskie Kopi outcrop 9 bed 3 (Cretaceous to of Russian Federation)

Also known as PIN collection 4626

Where: Chita, Russian Federation (52.0° N, 113.2° E: paleocoordinates 55.6° N, 112.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Doronino Formation (Chernovskaya Group), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.5 - 125.5 Ma)

• from bed 3

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, fine-grained, argillaceous claystone

• ""The insects are represented by prints on fine-grained burnt argillites. The insect-containing sediments in Chernovskie Kopi are brick-red in color owing to high temperatures accompanying the intrusion of igneous rock into the sedimentary suite of underlying layers." (Sukatsheva & Vassilenko, 2011)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by S.M. Sinitsa in 1993-1995; reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: N. D. Sinitshenkova. 1998. New Upper Mesozoic Stoneflies from Central Transbaikalia (Insecta, Perlida=Plecoptera). Paleontological Journal 32(2):167-173 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125782: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 23.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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