Vyazovka-2 - Locality 55 of Tverdokhlebov et al. 2005 (Permian of Russian Federation)

Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (51.7° N, 55.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 49.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kulchumovskaya Formation, Tatarian (266.9 - 257.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithified, red, argillaceous, carbonaceous claystone and lithified, fine-grained, rubbly, gray, green, carbonaceous sandstone

• There are three fossiliferous levels, from the bottom: 1. Red argillite with much carbonaceous detritus; 2. Grey, buff or greenish-grey, fine-grained sandstone with much carbonaceous detritus and root traces; 3. Yellow, fine– to coarse-grained sandstone with lenses of conglomerate. Thickness 5 m.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. P. Tverdokhlebov, G. I. Tverdokhlebova, A. V. Minikh, M. V. Surkov, and M. J. Benton. 2005. Upper Permian vertebrates and their sedimentological context in the South Urals, Russia. Earth-Science Reviews 69:27-77 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196113: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 05.09.2018, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Synapsida -
Theriodontia indet. Owen 1876 therapsid
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodon sp. Owen 1845 dicynodont
Postcranial skeleton, see Surkov 1996
  - Discordichthyidae
Mutovinia sennikovi Minikh 2006
SSU,No. 104-B/2984 (holotype)
 Eurynotoidiformes - Eurynotoidiidae
Isadia aristoviensis n. sp. Minikh 1990 ray-finned fish
SGU 104-B/P-87