northern area, Sheikhdzheili Ridge (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Where: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (42.3° N, 60.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 54.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Khodzhakul Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Sands of the upper part of the Khodzhakul Formation

Environment/lithology: deltaic; sandstone

• "Deltaic and marginal marine"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. A. Nessov in 1980-1985

• ZIN PH: paleoherpetological collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Primary reference: A. O. Averianov. 2007. New records of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):189-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92327: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae indet.2 pterosaur
ZIN PH 40/44, jaw fragment. ZIN PH 81/44, partial rib
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet.1 pterosaur
ZIN PH 41, 44, many isolated teeth