Zenge Kurgan 3, ZK-3: Middle Turonian - Late Turonian, Uzbekistan
collected by URBAC expedition 2004

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae indet. (Nessov 1984)
1 element
ZIN PH 82/44, jaw fragment
Reptilia
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993
Averianov and Sues 2017 11 specimens
teeth, ZIN PH 2438/16, 2437/16
Reptilia - Theropoda
Aves indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Zelenkov and Averianov 2011 1 specimen
ZIN PH, no. 9/109 - synsacrum - most likely a member of Enantiornithes, but could have belonged to a primitive ornithuromorph bird.
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Sues and Averianov 2014
teeth
Richardoestesia asiatica (Nessov 1995)
Sues and Averianov 2013 1 specimen
ZIN PH 1231/16
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Shachemys informal sp. 4
Danilov et al. 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Uzbekistan State/province:Xorazm
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 61.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.8° North, 56.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Middle Turonian - Late Turonian
Age range of interval: 93.9 - 89.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bissekty
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: questionable formation assignment
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:URBAC expedition Collection dates:2004
Collection method comments: ZIN: paleoherpetological collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Metadata
Also known as:Zenge Kurgan III, Zengekurgon
Database number:92328
Authorizer:R. Butler, M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Butler, P. Mannion, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-08 05:14:44 Last modified:2023-07-18 15:08:45
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-08 05:14:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23827.ETE A. O. Averianov. 2007. New records of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):189-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

85320 A. O. Averianov and H.-D. Sues. 2017. Review of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Central Asia. Cretaceous Research 69:184-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37404ETE 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]
46400 H.-D. Sues and A. Averianov. 2013. Enigmatic teeth of small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of Uzbekistan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50(3):306-314 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
53745 H.-D. Sues and A. Averianov. 2014. Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bissekty Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Turonian) of Uzbekistan and the phylogenetic position of Itemirus medullaris Kurzanov, 1976. Cretaceous Research 51:225-240 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38539 N. V. Zelenkov and A. O. Averianov. 2011. Synsacrum of a primitive bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. Paleontological Journal 45(3):314-319 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]