Locality Dscheroi, "Pervyy produktivnyy", Phosphate rocks of central Kyzylkum: Middle Eocene, Uzbekistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Aldulidae indet.
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodontidae indet. Woodward 1901
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Centropomidae indet. Poey 1868
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Blochiidae
Blochiidae indet.
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Boidae
cf. Boidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Emydidae or Platysternidae
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976
10 elements
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
2 elements
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Lamiostoma sp. Glükman 1964
4 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia cf. recticona
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physodon tertius (Winkler 1874)
2 elements
synonym of Physodon secundus
Aprionodon amekiensis White 1926
12 elements
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia cf. macrota (Agassiz 1838)
4 elements
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Macrorhizodus sp. Glükman 1964
2 specimens
Procarcharodon cf. auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
5 elements
recombined as Carcharodon auriculatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis informal sp. 1 Agassiz 1838
2 elements
sp. 1
Hypotodus cf. robusta
2 elements
Hypotodus verticalis (Agassiz 1843)
2 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 41.5° North, 64.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.1° North, 59.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: This layer "Pervyy produktivnyy" has a thickness of 0,2-0,45m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal phosphorite
Lithology description: These phosphoritic rocks are embedded in the upper part of the middle eocene clayey-marly layers.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Most fossils are marine, but there are also reported some terrestrial vertebrates.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Collection size:50 specimens
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: 1 specimen = 1 tooth
Taxonomic list comments:Only Vertebrates.
Metadata
Database number:45701
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-11-25 02:00:56 Last modified:2005-03-02 07:04:08
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-25 02:00:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11958.1% L. A. Nesov, N. V. Shabanina, and N. I. Udovichenko. 1987. Novyye mestonakhozhdeniya ostatkov pozvonochnykh v fosforitakh srednego eotsena Tsentral'nykh Kyzylkumov i usloviya formirovaniya zernistykh fosforitov. New locality of vertebrate remains in middle Eocene phosphate rocks of central Kyzylkum and formation. Uzbekiston Geologiya Zhurnali = Uzbekskiy Geologicheskiy Zhurnal 1987(4):72-77 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]