PBDB Collection

FBX-23, Dzhiddasai (Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan)

Also known as Balabansai

Where: Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan (41.3° N, 72.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 76.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Balabansai Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• Balabansai Svita (= "suite"); upper part, 9 m below top; "red colored part" of Fm. (Martin and Averianov 2010)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lenticular, red siltstone

• "deposited under conditions of increasing aridity" but also a "catastrophic mud flow"

• "red coloured"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Nessov in 2000, 2001, 2003

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: A. O. Averianov, T. Martin, and A. A. Bakirov. 2005. Pterosaur and dinosaur remains from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the northern Fergana depression, Kyrgyzstan (central Asia). Palaeontology 48(1):135-155 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46547: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.01.2005, edited by Hallie Street

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
Cynodontia -	Docodonta indet.³ Docodonta indet.³ Kretzoi 1946 dodocont tooth, ZIN 96611
Reptilia
Ornithischia -	Ferganocephale adenticulatum Ferganocephale adenticulatum Averianov et al. 2005 ornithischian
Choristodera -	Choristodera indet.² Choristodera indet.² choristodere cervical vertebra, ZIN PH 1/47; posterior cervical centrum, ZIN PH 19/47
Amphibia
Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae	Ferganobatrachus riabinini¹ Ferganobatrachus riabinini¹ Nessov 1990 tetrapod ZIN PH 18/47
Caudata - Karauridae	Karauridae indet.¹ Karauridae indet.¹ Ivachnenko 1978 salamander ZIN PH 2/47

¹Averianov et al. 2008; ²Averianov et al. 2006; ³Martin and Averianov 2010