Where: Kazakstan (44.4° N, 51.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 49.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tartalinskaya Formation, Olenekian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Kiparisovites carinatus-Tirolites cassianus Zone
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green mudstone and brown, calcareous sandstone
•brown, fine-grained sandstone with calcareous interlayers
•(10-15 cm) at 1-2 m above the base of the member
•6 m.
Primary reference: Y. D. Zakharov and A. M. Popov. 2007. Examples of Late Olenekian invertebrate successions: Paper 1. Western Tethys (Dolnapa, Mangyshlak). Albertiana 35:46-51 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72323: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 01.06.2007