Meshcheryakovka I (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Mescheryakovka I; locality 37 (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003); PIN 4400

Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (51.4° N, 55.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 45.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Petropavlovka Formation, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• "Petropavlovskaya Svita. Lower Triassic." (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003). The Petropavlovka "Formation" is uppermost Olenekian (ibid. fig. 2).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; medium-grained, red sandstone

• "Tributary channel deposits." (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003).
• "Red, medium-grained, cross-bedded sandstone." (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: I. V. Novikov. 1991. Novye Dannye po Prokolofoninam SSSR [New data on Procolophonines of the USSR]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1991(2):73-85 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94369: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 17.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
"Burtensia burtensis" = Tichvinskia burtensis
"Burtensia burtensis" = Tichvinskia burtensis Ochev 1958 parareptile
PIN 4400/1 (right dentary)
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Parotosuchus sp.
Parotosuchus sp. Ochev and Shishkin 1968 tetrapod
fragment of palatine; no catalogue number given