Kasyanovtsy site: Induan, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Procolophonidae
Contritosaurus simus Ivakhnenko 1974
1 individual
recombined as Phaanthosaurus simus
PIN 2890/5
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Kirov County:Darovskoi
Coordinates: 59.1° North, 48.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 36.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Induan 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Induan
Age range of interval:251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: No exact geologic age is given in the literature on the present locality. Age assignment here is based on the assumption that all material of Contritosaurus is from the lowest Triassic ("base of the Vetluga Series").
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:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Metadata
Also known as:Kas'yanovtsy site; Vyatka River Basin
Database number:93577
Authorizer:J. Mueller Enterer:T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-25 11:40:59 Last modified:2010-01-25 13:47:07
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-25 11:40:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31696. M. F. Ivakhnenko. 1974. New Data of the Early Triassic Procolophonids of the USSR. Paleontological Journal 8(3):346-351 [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]