Chelpyk (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Also known as Tcelpyk, Cholpuk

Where: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (42.4° N, 60.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 54.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• = Chodzhakul

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. In I. V. Darevsky (ed.), The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts 91-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68823: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 09.02.2007, edited by Richard Butler, Roger Benson and Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Nesov (1988) gives a general taxonomic list for several localities of the same age, including Chelpyk.
Reptilia
 Testudines - Adocidae
Ferganemys itemirensis3 Nesov 1981 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.4, "Trionyx cf. kyrgyzensis" = Petrochelys kyrgyzensis4
Trionychidae indet.4 softshell turtle
"Trionyx cf. kyrgyzensis" = Petrochelys kyrgyzensis4 Nessov 1995 softshell turtle
ZIN PH 1/122 (SSHD-8a), ZIN PH 2/122 (SKH-4), ZIN PH 3/122 (SKH-26), ZIN PH 27/122 (SSHD-8a), ZIN PH 30/122 (SKH-20), partial nuchals; ZIN PH 15/122 (SSHD-8), hexagonal neural; ZIN PH 69/122 (SSHD-8), tetragonal neural; ZIN PH 14/122 (SKH-20), pentagonal neural; ZIN PH 6/122 (SSHD-8), partial costal 1; ZIN PH 7/122 (SSHD-8a), partial costal 2?; ZIN PH 37/122 (SSHD-8a), partial costal 5; ZIN PH 9/122 (SSHD- 8a), partial costal 7?; ZIN PH 5/122 (SSHD-8), partial costal 8; ZIN PH 11/122 (SKH-4), partial costal 8?; ZIN PH 10/122 (SSHD-8a), partial costal; ZIN PH 16/122 (SKH-25), ZIN PH 17/122 (SKH-25), ZIN PH 23/122 (SKH-25), ZIN PH 24/122 (SKH-25), partial hyoplastra; ZIN PH 18/122 (SSHD-8a), ZIN PH 20/122 (SKH-25), ZIN PH 21/122 (SKH-25), ZIN PH 22/122 (SKH-25), partial hypoplastra; ZIN PH 58/122 (SKH-25), ZIN PH 59/122 (SCH-1), partial xiphiplastra; Itemir locality: ZIN PH 56/86 (CDZH-5b), partial nuchal; ZIN PH 57/86 (IT-1), costal 8; ZIN PH 54/86 (CDZH-12), ZIN PH 55/86 (CDZH-12), external impressions of partial costals 7 and 8
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Khodzhakulemys occidentalis2 Nessov 1984 turtle
ZIN PH 6
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet.1 pterosaur
ZIN PH 2/44, tooth
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Nukusurus insuetus n. gen. n. sp.
Nukusurus insuetus n. gen. n. sp. tetrapod
ZIN PHA K77-4
 Caudata - Urodela
Horezmia gracile Nessov 1981 salamander