Mergandava Creek tracksite: Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian, Uzbekistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Eubrontidae
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Megalosauropus uzbekistanicus n. sp.
Gabuniya and Kurbatov 1982
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32 specimens | |||||||||
| tracksways, # 8/849 | ||||||||||
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= Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus
Gabuniya and Kurbatov 1982
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Lockley et al. 2000 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Uzbekistan | State/province: | Kashkadarya |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 66.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 71.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 157.90000 - 152.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Specimen number refers to Tashkent Geological Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55420 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-20 15:14:50 | Last modified: | 2019-01-31 15:44:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-20 15:14:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40505. | L. K. Gabuniya and V. V. Kurbatov. 1988. O yurskikh sledakh dinozavrov na yuge sredney Azii [Dinosaur traces in Jurassic deposits of southern Central Asia]. In T. N. Bogdanova, L. I. Khosatzky & A. A. Istchenko (eds.), Sledy Zhiznedeyatel'nosti i Dinamika Sredy v Drevnikh Biotopakh. Trudy XXX Sessii Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva i VII Sessii Ukrainskogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva [Fossil Traces of Vital Activity and Dynamics of the Environment in Ancient Biotopes. Transactions of the XXX Session of All-Union Paleontological Society and the VII Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society]. Naukova Dumka, Kiev 45-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14908 | ETE | M. G. Lockley, C. A. Meyer, and V. F. Santos. 2000. Megalosauripus and the problematic concept of megalosaur footprints. GAIA 15:313-337 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |