Okunevo (Fedorovka River): Olenekian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bystrowianidae
Axitectum georgi n. sp. Novikov and Shishkin 2000
Novikov and Shishkin 2000 3 elements
PIN 953/392, armor scute with posterior part broken off. PIN 953/394, 393
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae
Batrachosuchoides lacer n. gen., n. sp. Shishkin 1967
Shishkin 1967 29 fragments
PIN 952/2, skull fragment; 21 fragments of a skull, five elements of the vertebral column and two ribs.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
Melanopelta antiqua Shishkin 1967
Schoch and Milner 2014 2 elements
PIN 953/101-102, quadratojugals
Reptilia
cf. Tsylmosuchus jakovlevi Sennikov 1990
Sennikov 1990 3 elements
nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda
PIN 953/107-109
Reptilia - Procolophonidae
Tichvinskia vjatkensis n. gen., n. sp. Chudinov and Vjushkov 1956
4 individuals
PIN 953/1 (holotype), 954/1 to 954/3 (?all paratypes); informations on other than the type specimen are from Spencer & Benton (2000) and Ivakhnenko (2008)
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Kirov County:Nagorsk
Coordinates: 59.5° North, 50.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.7° North, 35.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Olenekian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Olenekian
Age range of interval:251.20000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "Vetlugian, upper Zone V" (Chudinov & Vjushkov, 1956).
"Yarenskian Gorizont, Lower Triassic" (Spencer & Benton, 2000).
"Fedorovskian Gorizont, Upper Olenekian, Lower Triassic" (Ivakhnenko, 2008).
"Fedorovskaya Svita, Yarenskian Gorizont; Lower Triassic (Olenekian)" (Schoch & Milner 2014)
Age assignment is according to the latest statement.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Metadata
Also known as:Vyatka River Basin
Database number:93104
Authorizer:J. Mueller, R. Butler Enterer:T. Liebrecht, R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-04 11:58:34 Last modified:2017-10-30 11:01:19
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-01-04 11:58:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31386. P. K. Chudinov and B. P. Vjushkov. 1956. Novye Dannye o Melkikh Kotilosavrakh iz Permi i Triasa SSSR [New Data on Small Cotylosaurs from the Permian and Triassic of the USSR]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 108(3):547-550 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

28657 M. F. Ivakhnenko. 2008. Podklass Parareptilia. In M. F. Ivakhnenko and E. N. Kurotchkin (eds.), Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1], GEOS, Moscow 49-85 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
46397 I. V. Novikov and M. A. Shishkin. 2000. Triassic chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) and the evolution of trunk dermal scutes in bystrowianids. Paleontological Journal 34(2):S165-S178 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
57795 R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne]
46406 A. G. Sennikov. 1990. New data on the rauisuchids of Eastern Europe. Paleontological Journal 3:1-12 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
46394 M. A. Shishkin. 1967. A brachyopid labyrinthodont from the Triassic of the Russian Platform. International Geology Review 9:310-322 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
29011 P. S. Spencer and M. J. Benton. 2000. Procolophonids from the Permo-Triassic of Russia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin & E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 160-176 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/R. Butler]