Where: Kustanay, Kazakhstan (52.9° N, 62.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 54.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zhuravlevka Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; phosphatic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. A. Nessov in 1992
Primary reference: A. O. Averianov. 2001. Systematics of the Cretaceous-Paleogene chimaeroid fish of the genus Elasmodus (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali). Paleontological Journal 35:289-300 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214306: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Elasmodus khosatzkyi Averianov 1999 plownose chimaera |