west side of Lake Turkana (Cretaceous to of Kenya)

Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 27.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lapurr sandstone or Turkana Grits Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 70.6 Ma)

• Lapurr sandstone is also known as the "Turkana Grits"

•"An estimate of Late Cretaceous (Turonian-early Campanian) is based on comparisons with subsurface geological information and overall faunal composition." (O'Connor et al. 2011)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• KNM-WT: Kenya National Museum, West Turkana

Primary reference: P. M. O'Connor, J. J. W. Sertich, and F. K. Manthi. 2011. A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83(1):309-315 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106492: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
? Azhdarchidae indet. pterosaur
KNM-WT 47893, caudal cervical vertebra