Mescheryakovka II (Donguz IX) (Locality 38) (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (51.4° N, 55.2° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 45.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Petropavlovka Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; medium-grained, red sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: V. P. Tverdokhlebov, G. I. Tverdokhlebova, M. V. Surkov and M. J. Benton. 2003. Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia. Earth-Science Reviews 60(1-2):1-66 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195825: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.08.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Parotosuchus orenburgensis Konzhukova 1968 tetrapod
Skull fragment
 Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae
Batrachosuchoides sp. Shishkin 1967 tetrapod
Lower jaw fragment
Reptilia
 Diapsida - Erythrosuchidae
Garjainia sp. Ochev 1958 archosauromorph
 Diapsida -
"Jaikosuchus magnus" = Chasmatosuchus
"Jaikosuchus magnus" = Chasmatosuchus archosauromorph
Vertebra
Osteichthyes
 Batrachomorpha -
Batrachomorpha indet. Säve-Söderbergh 1934 lobe-finned fish
Armour plate