PBDB Collection

Kansai, FKA-7a: Early/Lower Santonian, Tajikistan
collected by A. K. Rozhdestvensky 1963–1967

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Trigonoides sp.
Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae

	? Kulbeckia kulbecke Nessov 1993	Archibald and Averianov 2003	2 specimens
	CCMGE 9/12455 and CCMGE 73/12455 (M1)
Reptilia - Crocodyliformes

	Crocodyliformes indet. (Hay 1930)	Averianov and Lopatin 2023	1 specimen
	dorsal vertebra PIN 3041/11 (orig. ID as Kansaignathus)
Reptilia

	Tadzhikosuchus macrodentis n. gen., n. sp. Efimov 1982	Efimov 1982
	PIN 2399/457 - holotype (left dentary)
Reptilia - Paralligatoridae

	Kansajsuchus extensus n. gen., n. sp. Efimov 1975	Storrs and Efimov 2000
	PIN 2399/301 - holotype (right premaxilla)
Reptilia - Azhdarchidae

	Azhdarchidae indet. Nessov 1984	Averianov 2007	1 element
	ZIN PH 10/43, fragment of wing phalanx

	? Azhdarcho sp. Nessov 1981	Averianov 2007	1 element
	ZIN PH 50/43, humerus, possibly not from this locality
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae

	Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908	Nessov 1995
Reptilia - Hypsilophodontidae

	cf. Hypsilophodontidae indet. Dollo 1882	Nessov 1995
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

	Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869		24 specimens
	PIN 2398/6, 7-8, 11, 13-14, 16; 3041/17, 22-26, 29-32, 35, 39-42, 44, 46-47

	Lambeosaurinae indet. Parks 1923	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
	= Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918	Averianov and Alifanov 2012
Reptilia

	Ceratopsia indet. Marsh 1890	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
	= ? Neoceratopsia indet. Sereno 1986	Alifanov and Averianov 2006

	Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878		19 specimens
	teeth, ZIN PH 17/66, 18/66, 16/66
	= Neosauropoda indet. Bonaparte 1986	Nessov 1995
	= Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993	Averianov and Sues 2017

	Coeluroidea indet. Nopcsa 1928	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
Reptilia - Oviraptoridae

	? Oviraptoridae indet. Barsbold 1976	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
Reptilia - Troodontidae

	cf. Saurornithoididae indet. Barsbold 1974	Alifanov and Averianov 2006	10 specimens
	ZIN PH 1/66-8/66, 13/60
	= Troodontidae indet. Gilmore 1924	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

	Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969	Nessov 1995

	Kansaignathus sogdianus n. gen., n. sp. Averianov and Lopatin 2021	Averianov and Lopatin 2021	7 specimens
	Holotype. PIN, no. 2398/15, a right dentary; PIN 2398/16, anterior sacrum fragment. PIN 2398/1, posterior sacrum fragment. PIN 2398/4 and 2398/17, right manual ungual phalanges, possible from the first and second digit. PIN 2398/18, juvenile right manual ungual. PIN 2398/19, left metatarsal III distal fragment
Reptilia - Therizinosauridae

	cf. Oviraptoridae indet. Barsbold 1976	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
	ungual phalanx
	= Therizinosauridae indet. Maleev 1954	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae

	Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890	Nessov 1995
Reptilia

	cf. Alectrosaurus sp. Gilmore 1933	Nessov 1995
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae

	Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
Reptilia - Squamata

	Squamata indet. Oppel 1811	Nessov 1988
	cf. Teiidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

	Adocus foveatus n. sp. Nesov and Khozarskii 1977	Danilov et al. 2011	13 specimens
	Includes the holotype: ZIN PHT F64-11, left peripheral 4, plus: ZIN PH 590/64, costal 5; ZIN PH 591/64, costals 7+8; ZIN PH 593/64, undetermined costal fragment; ZIN PH 592/64, epiplastron; ZIN PH 594/64, entoplastron; ZIN PH 582–588/84, undetermined shell fragments

	Shachemys baibolatica Kuznetsov 1976	Danilov et al. 2011	500 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae

	Lindholmemys gravis Nessov and Khozatsky 1980	Vitek and Danilov 2014
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionychidae indet. (Gray 1825)

	Trionyx riabinini Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1987	Vitek and Danilov 2010
	ZIN PH 939/64, posterior half of carapace; ZIN PH 901/64, a posterior carapace fragment, consisting of neurals 6 and 7 and right costals 6 and 7; IZK R- 3927, ZIN PH 603/64, ZIN PH 604/64, ZIN PH 628/64, and ZIN PH 633/64, partial nuchals; ZIN PH 820/64 and ZIN PH 822/64, costals 1; ZIN PH 901/64 and ZIN PH 930/64, costals 5; ZIN PH 899/64, costal 6; ZIN PH 903/64, costal 7; ZIN PH 864/64, costal 8; ZIN PH 860/64, costals 7 and 8; ZIN PH 664/64, epiplastron; ZIN PH 680/64, ZIN PH 755/64, ZIN PH 764/64, and ZIN PH 852/64, partial hyoplastra; ZIN PH 716/64, hypoplastron; ZIN PH 675/64, xiphiplastron

	Aspideretoides riabinini (Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1987)	Vitek and Danilov 2014
	original and current combination Trionyx riabinini

	Trionyx kansaiensis n. sp. Vitek and Danilov 2010	Vitek and Danilov 2010
	ZIN PH 630/64 - type (a partial nuchal); referred material: ZIN PH 630/64, partial nuchal; ZIN PH 629/64, partial nuchal; ZIN PH 934/64, neural 1, ZIN PH 824/64, costal 1; ZIN PH 658/64, neural 5; ZIN PH 642/64, neural 8; ZIN PH 643/64, hexagonal neural; ZIN PH 655/64, hexagonal neural; ZIN PH 871/64, partial costals 6–8; ZIN PH 781/64, costal 3; ZIN PH 917/64, partial costal; ZIN PH 882/64, costal 8; ZIN PH 862/64, costal 8; ZIN PH 824/64, hyoplastron; ZIN PH 775/64, hyoplastron; ZIN PH 726/64, hypoplastron; ZIN PH 705/64, hypoplastron
Reptilia - Testudines

	Anatolemys maximus Khozatskii and Nessov 1979	Vitek and Danilov 2014
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

	Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929	Nessov 1988
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

	Eoscapherpeton informal sp. b Nessov 1981	Nessov 1988

	Eoscapherpeton superum n. sp. Nessov 1997	Nessov 1997
	including holotype (232/12177)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Tajikistan	State/province:	Sogd
Coordinates:	40.5° North, 69.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	34.9° North, 63.9° East
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Cretaceous	Epoch:	Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:	Santonian	10 m.y. bin:	Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:	Early/Lower Santonian
Age range of interval:	86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Yalovach
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the Yalovach Formation

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Lithology description: "red beds"
Environment:	fluvial-deltaic indet.
Geology comments: deltaic deposits of a large river that flowed into the Fergana Gulf of the Tethys

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:	PIN
Collectors:	A. K. Rozhdestvensky	Collection dates:	1963–1967

Metadata

Also known as:	Kansay
Database number:	58701
Authorizer:	M. Carrano, R. Benson, R. Butler, E. Dunne, P. Mannion	Enterer:	K. Maguire, M. Carrano, E. Dunne, J. Tennant, P. Mannion, R. Benson, R. Butler
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2006-02-21 10:27:53	Last modified:	2023-09-19 14:13:53
Access level:	the public	Released:	2006-02-21 10:27:53
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

85555.

A. K. Rozhdestvensky and L. I. Khozatsky. 1967. [Late Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates from the Asiatic part of the USSR]. In G. G. Martinson (ed.), [Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Mesozoic and Paleogene-Neogene continental deposits of the Asiatic part of the USSR] 82-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

17387	ETE	V. R. Alifanov and A. O. Averianov. 2006. On the finding of ornithomimid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithomimosauria) in the Upper Cretaceous beds of Tajikistan. Paleontological Journal 40(1):103-108 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]
39419		J. D. Archibald and A. O. Averianov. 2003. The Late Cretaceous placental mammal Kulbeckia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):404-419 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
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]
45854		A. O. Averianov and V. R. Alifanov. 2012. New data on duck-billed dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Tajikistan. Paleontological Journal 46(5):512-519 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
78577		A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2021. A new theropod dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan. Doklady Earth Sciences 499(1):570-574 [E. Dunne/E. Dunne/M. Carrano]
85810		A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2023. New data on Kansaignathus sogdianus, a dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Tajikistan. Cretaceous Research 147:105524 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23626	ETE	A. O. Averianov and H.-D. Sues. 2007. A new troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan, with a review of troodontid records from the territories of the former Soviet Union. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):87-98 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
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63951		I. T. Kuzmin, P. P. Skutschas, E. A. Boitsova and H.-D. Sues. 2019. Revision of the large crocodyliform Kansajsuchus (Neosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(2):335-387 [M. Uhen/C. Violaris/P. Mannion]
19868		L. A. Nessov. 1988. Late Mesozoic amphibians and lizards of Soviet Middle Asia. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 31(14):475-486 [E. Fara/E. Fara]
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69215		M. A. Shishkin. 2000. Mesozoic amphibians from Mongolia and the Central Asiatic republics. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 297-308 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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38528		N. S. Vitek and I. G. Danilov. 2010. New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):383-393 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
50301		N. S. Vitek and I. G. Danilov. 2014. Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research 49:1-12 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
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