Also known as Mechet IV
Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (52.8° N, 51.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 42.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Staritskaya Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: "channel"; sandstone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
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 196078: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.09.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Temnospondyli indet. von Zittel 1887 tetrapod Large cleithrum, fragments of palatine, lower jaw, dermal bones, interclavicle, ilium, humerus, ribs
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