Zenge Kurgan 3, ZK-3 (Cretaceous to of Uzbekistan)

Also known as Zenge Kurgan III, Zengekurgon

Where: Xorazm, Uzbekistan (41.3° N, 61.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 56.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bissekty Formation, Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• questionable formation assignment

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by URBAC expedition in 2004

• ZIN: 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 92328: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.11.2009, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.4 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
teeth
Richardoestesia asiatica3 Nessov 1995 maniraptoran
ZIN PH 1231/16
Aves
 Aves -
Aves indet.5 bird
ZIN PH, no. 9/109 - synsacrum - most likely a member of Enantiornithes, but could have belonged to a primitive ornithuromorph bird.
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.1 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
teeth, ZIN PH 2438/16, 2437/16
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae indet. pterosaur
ZIN PH 82/44, jaw fragment
 Testudines - Adocidae
Shachemys "sp. 4"2 Kuznetsov 1976 turtle