Kzyl Sai ravine: Olenekian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bystrowianidae
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Bystrowianidae indet.
Vjushkov 1957
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Tupilakosauridae
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Batrachosuchoides sp.
Shishkin 1967
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Rhytidosteidae
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Rhytidosteus uralensis n. sp.
Shishkin 1994
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Rhytidosteus capensis | ||||||||||
| PIN 2394/17, partial mandible | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Parotosuchus orientalis
(Ochev 1966)
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Wetlugasaurus sp.
Riabinin 1930
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Plagiosauridae
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Melanopelta antiqua
Shishkin 1967
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PIN 2394/3 (vertebral centra) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Erythrosuchidae
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Garjainia prima
Ochev 1958
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Reptilia
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Exilisuchus tubercularis
Ochev 1979
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Ochev 1979 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Archosauromorpha | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Tichvinskia burtensis n. sp.
Ochev 1958
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Ochev 1958 | 2 fragments | ||||||||
| PIN 2394/11, 2394/12 (type; formerly SGU 104/2 ) | ||||||||||
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Galesauridae
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Galesauridae indet.
Lydekker 1890
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2 elements | |||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
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Dipnomorpha
- Arganodontidae
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Ceratodus multicristatus
Vorobyeva and Minikh 1968
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| recombined as Arganodus multicristatus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Russian Federation | State/province: | Orenburg | County: | Belyaevka |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 55.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° North, 45.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
| Formation: | Petropavlovka | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Vetlugian, upper Zone V (Ochev, 1958).
"Petropavlovskaya Svita. Lower Triassic." (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003). The Petropavlovka "Formation" is uppermost Olenekian according to fig. 2 in Tverdokhlebov et al. (2003). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",pebbly,gray,yellow sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "rey, buff-grey, red-buff, cross-bedded sandstone with gravel and pebbles of silica and quartz." (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003). | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PIN |
| Collection method comments: SGU = Saratov State University | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Unfortunately, there is no information on types in the Tverdokhlebov et al. (2003) paper. Hence, some of the binomina in the list may not represent the original combination. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kzyl Say, Kzyl-Sai, Kyzyl Sai, Kyzyl-Say Gorge | ||
| Database number: | 93205 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | E. Dunne | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-07 09:07:08 | Last modified: | 2017-02-03 05:12:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-07 09:07:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28844. | V. P. Tverdokhlebov, G. I. Tverdokhlebova, M. V. Surkov and M. J. Benton. 2003. Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia. Earth-Science Reviews 60(1-2):1-66 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/B. Allen] |
Secondary references:
| 31497 | V. G. Ochev. 1958. Novye Dannye po Faune Triasovykh Pozvonochnykh Orenburgskogo Priuralya [New data on the Triassic Vertebrate Fauna of the Pre-Urals of Orenburg]. Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR 122(3):485-488 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 60765 | V. G. Ochev. 1979. New Early Triassic archosaurs from eastern European Russia. Paleontological Journal 1979:104-109 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |