Balabansai (Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan)

Also known as Tashkumyr, Chatkal

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)

• upper part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; brown, gray claystone

• "grayish-brown dense marly clay"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by N. Verzilin in 1966-1967; reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1968. Nakhodka gigantskogo dinozavra [The discovery of a giant dinosaur]. Priroda 1968(2):115-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53149: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Ferganasaurus verzilini n. gen. n. sp.
Ferganasaurus verzilini n. gen. n. sp. Alifanov and Averianov 2003 sauropod
Rozhdestvensky 1968