Baibishe (Cretaceous to of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Baybishe

Where: Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan (46.6° N, 63.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 57.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bostobe Formation, Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 70.6 Ma)

• The age is given as "Upper Santonian- ?Campanian" (Nessov 1988, Gardner & Averianov, 1998); = Bostobe Fm.; middle or upper part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1988. Late Mesozoic amphibians and lizards of Soviet Middle Asia. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 31(14):475-486 [E. Fara/E. Fara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68826: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 09.02.2007, edited by Roger Benson, Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Caudata -
Bishara backa n. gen. n. sp.1
Bishara backa n. gen. n. sp.1 Nessov 1997 salamander
TsNIGRI 240/12177, incomplete atlantal centrum
 Caudata - Prosirenidae
? Prosirenidae indet.3 Estes 1969 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Eoscapherpeton sp.3 Nessov 1981 hellbender
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Zholsuchus sp.2 Nesov et al. 1989 crocodilian
CCMGE 8/12457 (articulated parietal and supraoccipital)
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.5 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Anatolemys maximus5 Khozatskii and Nessov 1979 turtle
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Khunnuchelys sp.5 Brinkman et al. 1993 turtle
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Lindholmemys (cf. Lindholmememys) gravis5 Nessov and Khozatsky 1980 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Paleotrionyx riabinini" = Trionyx onomatoplokos5, "Aspideretoides riabinini" = Trionyx riabinini5, Trionyx kansaiensis5
"Paleotrionyx riabinini" = Trionyx onomatoplokos5 Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1987 softshell turtle
"Aspideretoides riabinini" = Trionyx riabinini5 Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1987 softshell turtle
Trionyx kansaiensis5 Vitek and Danilov 2010 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus bostobensis n. sp.4 Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009 turtle
Holotype ZIN PH 1/94, nuchal fragment; plus ZIN PH 14/94, neural 1; ZIN PH 4/94, undetermined costal fragment; ZIN PH 2/94, peripherals 2+3; ZIN PH 3/94, peripheral 8; ZIN PH 11/94, bridge peripheral; ZIN PH 5/94, hypoplastron; ZIN PH 6/94, hypoplastron+xiphiplastron; ZIN PH 7-13/94, undetermined shell fragments
Shachemys baibolatica5 Kuznetsov 1976 turtle