Sed'maya Dachnaya, bed 3 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Saratov, Russian Federation (51.5° N, 46.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 40.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pudovkino Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; burrowed, gray, sandy marl

• "Gray, with characteristic dark blue spots caused by nonuniform silicification, sandy marl. Infrequent burrows of silt-feeders, which are filled with relatively loose marl, occur and form accumulations mostly in the roof of the bed"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: SGU: Saratov State University

Primary reference: A. O. Averianov, M. S. Arkhangelsky, E. M. Pervushov and A. V. Ivanov. 2005. A new record of an azhdarchid (Pterosauria: Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Volga Region. Paleontological Journal 39(4):433-439 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92359: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Kosmospirella cf. similis
Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys sp.
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae indet.
Azhdarchidae indet. pterosaur
SGU 104a/35, distal left radius
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella mucronata
Belemnitella mucronata Schlotheim 1813 belemnite
Subspecies: mucronata
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Monticulina vesicularis