Vakhnevo
Вахнево | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 59°47′N 45°10′E / 59.783°N 45.167°E [1] | |
Country | Russia |
Region | Vologda Oblast |
District | Nikolsky District |
Time zone | UTC+3:00 |
Vakhnevo ( Russian: Вахнево) is a rural locality (a village) and the administrative center of Vakhnevskoye Rural Settlement, Nikolsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 175 as of 2002. [2]
Vakhnevo is located 37 km northwest of Nikolsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Turino is the nearest rural locality. [3]
Fossils of tetrapods were found in the Lower Triassic (Rybinskian horizon of Lower Olenekian) deposits of Vakhnevo. A parareptile Tichvinskia jugensis is known by the skull fragment with lower jaw. [4] In addition, temnospondyl amphibians Benthosuchus sushkini (one specimen is also assigned to Rhinesuchus wolgo-dwinensis) and Thoosuchus sp. were found in these deposits of Vakhnevo. [5] A specimen of reptiliomorph Dromotectus spinosum ( sic) is collected from the same sites. [5]
Vakhnevo
Вахнево | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 59°47′N 45°10′E / 59.783°N 45.167°E [1] | |
Country | Russia |
Region | Vologda Oblast |
District | Nikolsky District |
Time zone | UTC+3:00 |
Vakhnevo ( Russian: Вахнево) is a rural locality (a village) and the administrative center of Vakhnevskoye Rural Settlement, Nikolsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 175 as of 2002. [2]
Vakhnevo is located 37 km northwest of Nikolsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Turino is the nearest rural locality. [3]
Fossils of tetrapods were found in the Lower Triassic (Rybinskian horizon of Lower Olenekian) deposits of Vakhnevo. A parareptile Tichvinskia jugensis is known by the skull fragment with lower jaw. [4] In addition, temnospondyl amphibians Benthosuchus sushkini (one specimen is also assigned to Rhinesuchus wolgo-dwinensis) and Thoosuchus sp. were found in these deposits of Vakhnevo. [5] A specimen of reptiliomorph Dromotectus spinosum ( sic) is collected from the same sites. [5]