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

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