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A paper revising the taxonomy of ammonites of Tethyan origin from the Ryazanian (=Berriasian) Stage of the Russian Platform and adjacent regions is critically examined.

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  1. In two these publications (Bogdanova et al., 1985; Luppov et al., 1988), edited for publication after the death of N.P. Luppov (1904–1975) on the basis of his manuscripts, some references to figures and their numbering in photo plates are mixed up.

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Mitta, V.V. Comments on the Paper “Berriasian Ammonites of Supposed Tethyan Origin from the Type “Ryazanian”, Russia: a Systematic Re-Interpretation” (Frau et al., 2021). Paleontol. J. 56, 328–332 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012203008X

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