Mechet' II (Locality 180) (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Mechet II

Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (52.8° N, 51.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 42.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Staritskaya Formation, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Rybinskian Horizon, Vetluga Superhorizon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143196: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda - Bystrowianidae
Dromotectum spinosum n. gen. n. sp.
Dromotectum spinosum n. gen. n. sp. Novikov and Shishkin 2000 tetrapod
PIN 2424/23, scute (holotype), 2424/65
Reptilia
 Diapsida -
"Tsylmosuchus samariensis n. sp." = Chasmatosuchus rossicus
"Tsylmosuchus samariensis n. sp." = Chasmatosuchus rossicus Huene 1940 archosauromorph
PIN 2424/6 (holotype), cervical vertebra. PIN 2424/7, 8