Kolbay section, levels 4/5 (Cretaceous to of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.7° N, 54.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.3° N, 66.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (106.3 - 93.9 Ma)

• Latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, fine-grained sandstone

• Crossbedded and laminated sand with Ophiomorpha and concentrations of vertebrate debris
• Fine sands overlying inter-burrowed omission surfaces

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Reposited in the OUM

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy, C. King, and D. J. Ward. 2008. The upper Albian and lower Cenomanian succession at Kolbay, eastern Mangyshlak (southwest Kazakhstan). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 78:117-147 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175010: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
"Meristodon sp." = Hybodus
"Meristodon sp." = Hybodus Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus spp., Polyacrodus illingworthi
Polyacrodus spp. Jaekel 1889 elasmobranch
Polyacrodus illingworthi Dixon 1850 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus dubrisiensis
Synechodus dubrisiensis Mackie 1863 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus recurvus
Paraorthacodus recurvus Trautschold 1877 elasmobranch
 Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina vraconensis
Cretoxyrhina vraconensis Zhelezko 2000 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Hispidaspis lasuri
Hispidaspis lasuri sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Cardabiodontidae
Dwardius woodwardi
Dwardius woodwardi Herman 1977 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus praeraphiodon
Scapanorhynchus praeraphiodon Sokolov 1978 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp.
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Palaeoanacorax volgensis, Squalicorax cf. baharijensis
Palaeoanacorax volgensis Glickman 1971 crow shark
Squalicorax cf. baharijensis Stromer 1927 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna cf. kopingensis
Archaeolamna cf. kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Paraisuridae
Paraisurus macrorhizus
Paraisurus macrorhizus Pictet and Campiche 1858 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretalamna appendiculata
Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretodus longiplicatus, Protolamna sokolovi
Cretodus longiplicatus Werner 1989 mackerel shark
Protolamna sokolovi Cappetta 1980 mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Protoscyliorhinus lamaudi
Protoscyliorhinus lamaudi Biddle and Landemaine 1988 cat shark
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectoloboides parvulus, Cretorectolobus doylei
Orectoloboides parvulus Dalinkevičius 1935 wobbegong
Cretorectolobus doylei Underwood et al. 1999 wobbegong
 Rajiformes -
Turoniabatis cappettai
Turoniabatis cappettai Landemaine 1991 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" sp.
"Rhinobatos" sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina thiesi
Squatirhina thiesi Biddle 1993 ray
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp., "Squatina decipiens" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
"Squatina decipiens" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp.
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark