Karakul, Karakulpakistan (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Also known as Karakul'

Where: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (41.8° N, 73.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 74.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sultanbobin Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• = Sultanbobo Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58465: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 08.02.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano and Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.1
Titanosauria indet.1 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
tooth; ZIN PH 2431/16
 Testudines - Adocidae
cf. Adocus sp.2
cf. Adocus sp.2 Cope 1868 turtle
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
? Plesiochelyidae sp.3
? Plesiochelyidae sp.3 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
'small turtles with smooth shells (Plesiochelyidae?)'
1Averianov and Sues 2017; 2Danilov et al. 2011; 3Nessov 1984