Giant ammonites from the Cenomanian deposits of Southwestern Crimea
https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0579-9406-4-2026-65-1-18-22
Abstract
A huge ammonite Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) austeni (Sharpe, 1855) was found in the Cenomanian deposits of Kremennaya Mountain in the Bodrak River basin in southwestern Crimea. In addition, another fragment of a large ammonite, discovered in old collections and identified as Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) cf. austeni (Sharpe, 1855), was encountered in the Lower Cenomanian rocks near the Moscow State University geological base in the 1980s. This is the second report of such ammonites being found in Crimea.
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E. Yu. Baraboshkin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgeniy Yu. Baraboshkin
Moscow
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Baraboshkin E.Yu. Giant ammonites from the Cenomanian deposits of Southwestern Crimea. Moscow University Bulletin. Series 4. Geology. 2026;65(1):18-22. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0579-9406-4-2026-65-1-18-22
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