Markovka II, level 2 (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Locality 102 (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003); Soroka River

Where: Orenburg, Russian Federation (52.3° N, 52.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 43.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kzylsaiskaya Formation, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Thickness of bed 2 is 9 m. Beds 1-3 belong to the Kzylsaiskaya Svita, which is middle Olenekian according to fig. 2 in Tverdokhlebov et al. (2003).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; green, yellow claystone and red, yellow siltstone

• Beds 1-2 consist of "deltaic deposits" (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003).
• "Alternation of red-buff clay, siltstone and sandstone." (Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: V. P. Tverdokhlebov, G. I. Tverdokhlebova, M. V. Surkov and M. J. Benton. 2003. Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia. Earth-Science Reviews 60(1-2):1-66 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93201: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 07.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Wetlugasaurus sp. Riabinin 1930 tetrapod
skull
Reptilia
 Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
Orenburgia concinna n. sp. Ivakhnenko 1975 parareptile
PIN 3362/1 (type; a skull)