Akkurgan (AKK-3): Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Kazakhstan
collected by F. V. Shilin 1977
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Batryosaurus rozhdestvenskyi n. gen., n. sp.
Godefroit et al. 2012
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Godefroit et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AEHM 4/1 holotype partial skeleton | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Arstanosaurus akkurganensis n. gen., n. sp.
Shilin and Suslov 1982
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Shilin and Suslov 1982 | 1 individual | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
IZ AN KSSR 1/1, distal femur | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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4 specimens | |||||||||
= Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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Nessov 1995 | |||||||||
ZIN PH 19-22/49 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Samrukia nessovi n. gen., n. sp.
Naish et al. 2012
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Naish et al. 2012 | |||||||||
WDC Kz-001 - holotype (two mandibles) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus foveatus
Nesov and Khozarskii 1977
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Danilov et al. 2011 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
ZIN PH 6/94, hypoplastron+xiphiplastron; ZIN PH 7-13/94, undetermined shell fragments; type locality. ZIN PH 1/96, peripheral 1; ZIN PH 2/96, 3/96, peripherals 8; ZIN PH 4/96, undetermined shell fragments | ||||||||||
= Adocus bostobensis
Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009
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Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009 | |||||||||
Shachemys baibolatica n. gen., n. sp.
Kuznetsov 1976
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Ulmaceae indet.
Brisseau-Mirbel 1815
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Godefroit et al. 2012 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kazakhstan | State/province: | Qyzylorda |
Coordinates: | 46.8° North, 64.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 57.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Altitude: | 158 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bostobe | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: = Bostobinskaya Svita; upper part of formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,green sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "greenish/grey shale with pink flecks at a point 1.5-2.0 m below the contact between these beds and the overlying uneroded red beds"; later described as "gey sands" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | F. V. Shilin | Collection dates: | 1977 |
Taxonomic list comments:Abundant plant remains were collected from Akkurgan (Shilin 1977). This flora is dominated by small and narrow leaves with denticulate margins attributed to the family Ulmaceae. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Akkurgan-Boltyk | ||
Database number: | 53893 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson | Enterer: | K. Maguire, R. Benson, P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-15 12:52:55 | Last modified: | 2022-09-26 14:45:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-15 12:52:55 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
64195. | L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. In I. V. Darevsky (ed.), The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts 91-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
24648 | ETE | A. O. Averianov. 2007. Theropod dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous deposits in the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan. Cretaceous Research 28:532-544 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
47300 | P. R. Bell and K. S. Brink. 2013. Kazaklambia convincens comb. nov., a primitive juvenile lambeosaurine from the Santonian of Kazakhstan. Cretaceous Research 45:265-274 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
37404 | ETE | I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |
17737 | ETE | P. Godefroit, V. R. Alifanov, and Y. L. Bolotsky. 2004. A re-appraisal of Aralosaurus tuberiferus (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Science de la Terre 74(supplement):139-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
42720 | P. Godefroit, F. EscuilliƩ, Y. L. Bolotsky and P. Lauters. 2012. A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceus of Kazakhstan. In P. Godefroit (ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems 334-358 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] | |
39508 | D. Naish, G. Dyke, A. Cau, F. EscuilliƩ, and P. Godefroit. 2012. A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. Biology Letters 2012(8):97-100 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
16510 | ETE | L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
14515 | ETE | D. B. Norman and S. M. Kurzanov. 1997. On Asian ornithopods (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). 2. Arstanosaurus akkurganensis Shilin and Suslov, 1982. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 108:191-199 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
14517 | ETE | D. B. Norman and H.-D. Sues. 2000. Ornithopods from Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Siberia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 462-479 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
82697 | G. Olshevsky and T. L. Ford. 1994. [The origin and evolution of the ceratopians. Part 1]. Dinosaur Frontline, Gakken Mook 6:78-99 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
61991 | M. J. Ryan. 1997. Middle Asian dinosaurs. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 442-444 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14530 | ETE | F. V. Shilin and Y. V. Suslov. 1982. A hadrosaur from the northeastern Aral Region. Paleontological Journal 1982(1):132-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
41695 | V. B. Sukhanov. 2000. Mesozoic turtles of Middle and Central Asia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 309-367 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] | |
41724 | E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov. 2009. New material and a revision of turtles of the genus Adocus (Adocidae) from the Late Cretaceous of middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 313(1):74-94 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
61518 | D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |