Babatag II tracksite (Cretaceous of Tajikistan)

Also known as Babatag-2

Where: Tajikistan (38.1° N, 68.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 64.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Luchak Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• the basis of the upper part of the Luchak Formation; 12 m below Babatag I

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; limestone

• limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 6-7 trakways, more than 200 tracks on an area of 10,000 square meters

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 59647: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 05.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilipedia
 Ornithischipedida -
Kafirniganosauropus sp. n. gen. Dzhailov and Novikov 1993
 Ornithischipedida - Hadrosauripodidae
Akmechetosauropus makhkamovi n. gen. n. sp. Dzhailov and Novikov 1993
 Saurischipedida -
Chorrokhosauropus khakimovi n. gen. n. sp. Dzhailov and Novikov 1993