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The middle Oxfordian and late Kimmeridgian radiolarian assemblages from Upper Jurassic deposits of Yaroslavl oblast are studied for the first time. The middle Oxfordian assemblage is dominated by stauraxonic morphotypes of genera Paronaella and Pseudocrucella occurring in association with discoid forms. Nassellarian radiolarians are very rare in this assemblage of extremely low taxonomic diversity, which is lacking spheroidal morphotypes. The late Kimmeridgian assemblage is more diverse in morphological and taxonomic aspects. It includes spheroidal forms, those of the family Pantanelliidae Pessagno inclusive, and more frequent nassellarian species, but stauraxonic radiolarians are less abundant in its composition. This assemblage is comparable to a considerable extent with the Kimmeridgian radiolarians from Moscow oblast, being of the South Boreal type according to its composition.
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Original Russian Text © N.Yu. Bragin, D.N. Kiselev, 2013, published in Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya Korrelyatsiya, 2013, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 62–71.
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Bragin, N.Y., Kiselev, D.N. Radiolarians from Upper Jurassic (Middle Oxfordian and Upper Kimmeridgian) deposits of Yaroslavl oblast. Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 21, 628–636 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593813060026
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