SCH-1, Chelpyk (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Also known as Cholpuk

Where: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (40.6° N, 71.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 66.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khodzhakul Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• upper part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1980

• ZIN collection

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1985. Redkie kostnye ryby, nazemiye yashcheritsy i mlekopitayushchie zony limanov i primorskikh nizmennostey mela Kyzylkumov [Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous]. Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association 28:199-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 64689: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.09.2006, edited by John Alroy and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet.5 Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
 Ornithischia -
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis5 Nessov et al. 1989 ceratopsian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.5 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.5 theropod
Laelaps cf. L. explanatus or Alectrosaurus sp.
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.2 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
"sauropods with slender, long teeth"; ZIN PH 2433/16
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Kizylkumemys schultzi5 Nessov 1977 turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Nanhsiungchelyidae indet.3 Yeh 1966 turtle
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
cf. Eozhelestes mangit1 Nessov 1997 eutherian
dentary "questionably referred" to this species
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia semimarina Nessov 1985 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.5 Agassiz 1832 gar
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes -
Hybodontoidea indet.5, "Acrodus levis" = Lissodus levis4
Hybodontoidea indet.5 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
"Acrodus levis" = Lissodus levis4 Woodward 1887 elasmobranch
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mathildellidae
Mathildella sp.4 Guinot and Richer de Forges 1981 crab