Gusinoozersk 1: Valanginian, Russian Federation
collected by Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences 2002

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Kirgizemys dmitrievi Nessov and Khozatskii 1981
1 specimen
ZIN PH 7/15) includes a skull, part of the shell, and some other postcrania
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Buryat
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 106.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.9° North, 105.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Murtoi
Stratigraphy comments: beds of the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian – Aptian) Murtoi Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences Collection dates:2002
Collection method comments: ZIN PH (= ZIN PHT), Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences paleoherpetological collection, St. Petersburg
Metadata
Also known as:Lake Gusinoye
Database number:127734
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-22 23:31:54 Last modified:2023-02-01 13:21:30
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-22 23:31:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41726. I. G. Danilov, A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas and A. S. Rezvyi. 2006. Kirgizemys (Testudines, 'Macrobaenidae'): new material from the Lower Cretaceous of Buryatia (Russia) and taxonomic revision. Russian Journal of Herpetology 1:46-62 [R. Benson/R. Benson]