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Taustan Gorge, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.38,56.145 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Balkan Province, Turkmenistan |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Taustan Gorge, Sumbar River (51 m below cunningtoni zone top) | Atabekyan A. A. (1985) | 51 m below the top of the zone | not reported | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Taustan Gorge, Sumbar River (59 m below cunningtoni zone top) | Atabekyan A. A. (1985) | 59 m below the top of the zone | not reported | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Taustan Gorge, Sumbar River (mantelli zone) | Atabekyan A. A. (1985) | Upper part of Mantelliceras mantelli zone, 45 m above base of zone | not reported | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hypoturrilites gravesianus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Turrilitidae : Hypoturrilites : Hypoturrilites gravesianus | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Hypoturrilites intersignus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Turrilitidae : Hypoturrilites : Hypoturrilites intersignus | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Hypoturrilites tuberculatus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Turrilitidae : Hypoturrilites : Hypoturrilites tuberculatus | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Turrilites scheuchzerianus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Turrilitidae : Turrilites : Turrilites scheuchzerianus | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Atabekyan A. A. (1985) Turrilitidy pozdnego Al'ba i Cenomana yuga SSSR, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR, Mezhvedomstvennyy Stratigraficheskiy Komitet SSSR, Trudy 14, 1-111 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!