Kargalinski Mines, PIN 1954, PIN 48, locality 12 of Tverdokhlebov et al. (2005) (Permian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Kargaliskie Rudniki; Rozhdestvenskii Mine; Staro-Myasnikovski Mine, Kargalinskii Rudnik, Kargalinskie

Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (52.3° N, 54.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 48.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Estemmenosuchus uralensis other zone, Amanakskaya Formation, Urzhumian (268.0 - 265.0 Ma)

• Ocher Subassemblage of the Ocher Assemblage; the terminal part of the Late Kazanian to the early part of the Early Tatarian (=Urzhumian) (Golubev 2000); Urzhumian according to Benton (2012; Geology)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; gray sandstone and pebbly conglomerate

• "Channel deposits of delta area" (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2005)
• "No description of the section is available. Bones match lenses of grey, greenish-grey copperferrous sandstones and conglomerates of clay pebbles. Conglomerates contain remains of fossil wood and plant detritus." (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2005)

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,

Primary reference: M. A. Shishkin, I. V. Novikov, and Y. M. Gubin. 2000. Permian and Triassic temnospondyls from Russia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin & E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 35-59 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87039: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 01.03.2009, edited by Richard Butler and Sophie Fasey

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae
"Platyops rickardi n. gen. n. sp." = Platyoposaurus rickardi
"Platyops rickardi n. gen. n. sp." = Platyoposaurus rickardi Tvelvetrees 1880 tetrapod
specimen of Rickard's collection (type); current whereabouts unknown
 Labyrinthodontia -
Chalcosaurus rossicus n. gen. n. sp.2
Chalcosaurus rossicus n. gen. n. sp.2 Meyer 1866 tetrapod
non-catalogued skull, probably lost
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Admetophoneus kargalensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Admetophoneus kargalensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Efremov 1954 therapsid
PIN 1954/5 (type)
 Therapsida - Anteosauridae
"Cliorhizodon orenburgensis n. gen. n. sp." = Syodon biarmicum3
"Cliorhizodon orenburgensis n. gen. n. sp." = Syodon biarmicum3 Kutorga 1838 therapsid
BMNH R4077
 Therapsida -
"Mnemejosaurus jubilaei n. gen. n. sp." = Deuterosaurus jubilaei1
"Mnemejosaurus jubilaei n. gen. n. sp." = Deuterosaurus jubilaei1 Nopcsa 1928 therapsid
PIN 1954/2 (type)
Reptilia
 Anomodontia -
Venyukovia prima n. gen. n. sp.1
Venyukovia prima n. gen. n. sp.1 Amalitzky 1922 reptile
PIN 48/1 (type), dentary
Osteichthyes
 Eurynotoidiformes - Eurynotoidiidae
Eurynotoides nanus n. sp.4 Eichwald 1857 ray-finned fish
SPGU 1/2860; Museum of Department of Historical Geology, SPBU, No. 1/2860
 Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
Kargalichthys efremovi4 Minikh 1986 ray-finned fish
SGU 104-B/ P-20, nearly complete skeleton
Platysomus biarmicus n. sp.4 Von Eichwald 1861 ray-finned fish
CNIGR 97/107
 Elonichthyiformes - Varialepididae
Varialepis orientalis n. sp.4 Eichwald 1860 ray-finned fish
CNIGR 99/107