Shirkent II tracksite (Jurassic to of Tajikistan)

Also known as Shirkent-2

Where: Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan (38.7° N, 68.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 73.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kugitang Group, Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 155.7 Ma)

• lower part of the Kugitang Formation; two track-bearing horizons

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 300 tracks in two track-bearing horizons (approx. 170 in the lower)

Primary reference: V. P. Novikov and M. R. Dzhalilov. 1988. Litologicheskaya interpretatsiya mestonakhozhdeniy sledov dinozavrov i Tadzhikistane [A lithological interpretation of localities with dinosaurian traces in Tajikistan]. In T. N. Bogdanova, L. I. Khosatzky, & A. A. Istchenko (eds.), Sledy Zhiznedeyatel'nosti i Dinamika Sredy v Drevnikh Biotopakh. Trudy XXX Sessii Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva i VII Sessii Ukrainskogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva [Fossil Traces of Vital Activity and Dynamics of the Environment in Ancient Biotopes. Transactions of the XXX Session of All-Union Paleontological Society and the VII Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society]. Naukova Dumka, Kiev 58-69 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59625: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 05.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
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Mirsosauropus tursunzadei n. gen. n. sp. Dzhailov and Novikov 1993 dinosaur
Reptilipedia
 Saurischipedida -
Regarosauropus manovi n. gen. n. sp. Dzhailov and Novikov 1993
Shirkentosauropus shirkentensis n. gen. n. sp. Dzhailov and Novikov 1993