Sinemurian

Sandstone

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Rock type: 
Sedimentary
Age: 
194 millions years
Tags: 
Sandstone, Siltstone, mudstone, coal, Jurassic, Sinemurian, Velopecten rollei Tate, Lima punctata Sow., Circostylus euomphalus Quenst., Leda (Dacryomya) cf. graphica Tate, Astarte subtetragona Minst., Parallelodon aff. similis Terq., Hinnites sp. ind. (cf. davoei Dam), Nucula cf. palmae Sow.

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Harbas river valley. Quartz sandstones, with intercalations of siltstones and mudstones. At the base - coal layers. A coal seam is visible in the photo. Khumarrinskaya series. Thickness 240 meters. Fossil: Velopecten rollei Tate, Lima punctataSow., Circostylus euomphalus Quenst., Leda (Dacryomya) cf. graphica Tate, Astrate subtetragona Munst., Parallelodon aff. similis Terq., Hinnites sp. ind. (cf. davoei Dam.), Nucula cf. palmae Sow. Lower Jurassic. Sinemurian.

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Sandstone

Submitted 4 years 4 months ago by rock.
Rock type: 
Sedimentary
Age: 
194 millions years
Tags: 
Sandstone, Siltstone, mudstone, coal, Granite, Jurassic, Sinemurian, Carboniferous, Velopecten rollei Tate, Lima punctata Sow., Circostylus euomphalus Quenst., Leda (Dacryomya) cf. graphica Tate, Astarte subtetragona Minst., Parallelodon aff. similis Terq., Hinnites sp. ind. (cf. davoei Dam), Nucula cf. palmae Sow.

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Harbas river valley. Quartz sandstones, with intercalations of siltstones and mudstones. At the base - coal layers. Khumarrinskaya series. Thickness 240 meters. Fossil: Velopecten rollei Tate, Lima punctataSow., Circostylus euomphalus Quenst., Leda (Dacryomya) cf. graphica Tate, Astrate subtetragona Munst., Parallelodon aff. similis Terq., Hinnites sp. ind. (cf. davoei Dam.), Nucula cf. palmae Sow. Lower Jurassic. Sinemurian.

In the second photo, at the bottom of the cliff - granites. Malinskiy granite complex. Carboniferous.

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