Also known as Kshi-Kalkan, Qishi Qalqan, Bolshoi, Ulkenkalkan
Where: Almaty, Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 78.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 70.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• unnamed unit
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, white, sandy conglomerate and yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by V. Mukhin, I. Efremov, M. Prokhorov, E. Belyaeva in 1925, 1927; reposited in the PIN
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: I. A. Efremov. 1944. Dinozavrovyi gorizont crednei Azii i nekotorye volrosy stratigraphii [The dinosaur horizon of Central Asia and some aspeects of the stratigraphy]. Izvestia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seria Geologicheskaia 3:40-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 53143: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890 ornithomimid | |
"Deinodontidae indet." = Tyrannosauridae
"Deinodontidae indet." = Tyrannosauridae Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid | |
Carnosauria indet. carnosaur | |
Ankylosauria indet. ankylosaur | |
"Acanthopholidae indet." = Nodosauridae
"Acanthopholidae indet." = Nodosauridae Marsh 1890 ankylosaur | |
"Trachodontidae indet." = Hadrosauridae
"Trachodontidae indet." = Hadrosauridae Cope 1869 hadrosaurid | |
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid | |
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid |