Beloe Ozero, Bed 4 (SBO): Early/Lower Campanian, Russian Federation
collected by A.V. Panteleev & E.V. Popov 2003, 2005

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Protostega gigas Cope 1871
Danilov et al. 2022 13 specimens
ZIN PH: 1/244, left maxilla; 2/244, partial right maxilla; 3/244, right jugal; 4/244, ?partial right quadratojugal; 5/ 244, partial right squamosal; 6/244, neural; 7/244 and 8/244, bridge peripherals; 9/244, posterior peripheral; 10/244, fragment of the left hypoplastron; 11/244, fragment of the right scapula; 12/ 244, proximal fragment of the right humerus; 13/244, proximal fragment of the left humerus.
Reptilia - Testudines
Panchelonioidea indet. Joyce et al. 2004
Danilov et al. 2022 9 specimens
ZIN PH: 14/244, fragment of the right maxilla; 15/244, partial left postorbital; 16/244, partial neural; 17/244, anterior suprapygal; 18/244 and 19/244, pygals; 20e22/244, partial costals; 23e28/244, peripherals; 29/244, partial right scapula.
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodontidae indet. Woodward 1901
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii indet. (Bonaparte 1838)
coprolites
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina hasei
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Squatirhina sp. Casier 1947
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Eostriatolamia sp. Glikman 1980
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax laevis (Leriche 1906)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis (Davis 1890)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
    = Cretalamna sp. Glikman 1958
Ebersole et al. 2022
original and current combination Cretolamna
likely belong to a different taxon, possibly C.borealis and/or C.sarcoportheta
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Rhinochimaeridae
Amylodon karamysh Averianov and Popov 1995
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon sp. Buckland 1838
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Elasmodus sp. Egerton
Ischyodus bifurcatus Case 1978
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Saratov County:Lysogorskiy
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 45.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.5° North, 39.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rybushka
Local section:Below Ozero Local bed:4
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: may have an "admixture of a redeposited Early Campanian fauna"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular,phosphatic silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "phosphoric interbed"; "phosphoritic nodules" in a silty sand
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:A.V. Panteleev & E.V. Popov Collection dates:2003, 2005
Metadata
Also known as:Beloye Ozero
Database number:157353
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Carrano, E. Vlachos, M. Clapham
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-06-16 13:07:19 Last modified:2020-12-22 10:01:27
Access level:the public Released:2014-06-16 13:07:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

51770. A. V. Averianov and E. V. Popov. 2014. A pterosaurian vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous of the Saratov Region. Paleontological Journal 48(3):326-329 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

81716 I. G. Danilov, E. M. Obraztsova, M. S. Arkhangelsky, A. V. Ivanov, and A. O. Averianov. 2022. Protostega gigas and other sea turtles from the Campanian of Eastern Europe, Russia. Cretaceous Research 135:105196 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]
81381 J. A. Ebersole, S. V. Solonin, D. J. Cicimurri, M. S. Arkhangelsky, and N. V. Martynovich. 2022. Marine fishes (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Rybushka Formation near Beloe Ozero, Saratov Oblast, Russia. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 128:369-409 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]