Where: Kazakhstan (43.8° N, 51.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 46.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: lower Member (Shorym Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. B. Snetkov. 2011. Vertebrae of the sea snake Palaeophis nessovi Averianov (Acrochordoidea, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Western Kazakhstan and phylogenetic analysis of the Superfamily Acrochordoidea. Palaeontological Journal 45(3):305-313 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 113116: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.07.2011, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Protrachyaspis shorymensis1 Zvonok et al. 2024 sea turtle ZIN PH 15/177, ZIN PH 19/177, ZIN PH 73/177, and ZIN PH 82/177
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Aves | |
Mangystania humilicristata n. gen. n. sp.3
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Reptilia | |
Palaeophis nessovi Averianov 1997 snake |