Balykleyka River: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
Cephalopoda sp. Cuvier 1797
Bivalvia
Bivalvia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852
Carinodens belgicus (Woodward 1891)
recombined as Compressidens belgicus
ZIN PH 2/61, isolated tooth crown
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Actinopteri
Teleostei sp. (Müller 1846)
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii sp. (Bonaparte 1838)
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Chimaeridae sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Volgograd
Coordinates: 49.2° North, 44.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.3° North, 38.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bereza Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Phosphoratic bone bed
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Volgogradskaya Oblast
Database number:142787
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:J. Tennant
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-16 21:03:20 Last modified:2021-03-19 09:39:21
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-16 21:03:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46326. A. S. Schulp, A. O. Averianov, A. A. Yarkov, F. A. Trikolidi, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2006. First record of the Late Cretaceous durophagous mosaasaur Carinodens belgicus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from Volgogradskaya Oblast (Russia) and Crimea (Ukraine). Russian Journal of Herpetology 213(3):175-180 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant]