CBI-51, Dzharakuduk II (Cretaceous to of Uzbekistan)

Also known as Dzarakuduk

Where: Navoi, Uzbekistan (42.1° N, 62.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 57.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bissekty Formation, Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by L. A. Nessov

Primary reference: A. O. Averianov, J. D. Archibald, and E. G. Ekdale. 2010. New material of the Late Cretaceous deltatheroidan mammal Sulestes from Uzbekistan and phylogenetic reassessment of the metatherian-eutherian dichotomy. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(3):301-330 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123160: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 13.01.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890 ornithomimid
ZIN PH 188/16, MT II
Mammalia
 Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae
"Sulestes karakshi" = Sulestes karakshi, "Marsasia aenigma n. gen. n. sp." = Sulestes karakshi
"Sulestes karakshi" = Sulestes karakshi Nessov 1985 metatherian
ZIN 89007, right dentary fragment; CCMGE 41/12455, left m3 (mistakenly assigned to CBI-14 by Nessov 1993, 1997
"Marsasia aenigma n. gen. n. sp." = Sulestes karakshi Nessov 1985 metatherian
Type locality for M. aenigma mistakenly given as CBI-4b in some previous work: ZIN C.82620 (holotype partial left dentary) and C.83130 (paratype partial right dentary)