Aulie, Mikhailovka, Karatau [PIN Loc. 2585]: Oxfordian, Kazakhstan
collected by M. A. Vedenyapin, A. G. Sharov, V. V. Shevchenko 1933, 1946

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Coccolepis sp. Agassiz 1843
Hecht and Hecht 1984
Reptilia - Testudines - Thalassemydidae
Yaxartemys longicauda n. gen., n. sp. Riabinin 1948
Riabinin 1948 3 specimens
PIN, no. 52 / 1a (holotype), skeleton of juvenile nil copy; 52 / 1b, imprint of the same instance; no numbers, two juvenile skeletons specimens with imprints of soft tissues
Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae
Sordes pilosus n. gen., n. sp. Sharov 1971
Sharov 1971 8 individuals
PIN 2585/3 (holotype), almost complete skeleton with soft tissues. Remains of another seven individuals.
Reptilia - Anurognathidae
Batrachognathus volans n. gen., n. sp. Riabinin 1948
2 individuals
PIN 52-2 (holotype), well-preserved skull and partial postcranium. PIN 2585/4a, heavily crushed skull and postcrania
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Bazhanov and Shevchenko 1948 1 specimen
limb bone
Reptilia - Praeornithiformes - Praeornithidae
Praeornis sharovi n. gen., n. sp. Rautian 1978
Kurochkin 2000 1 specimen
PIN 2585/32, flight feather
Reptilia
Karatausuchus sharovi n. gen., n. sp. Efimov 1976
Storrs and Efimov 2000
PIN 2585/1 - holotype (complete but poorly preserved skeleton of a juvenile)
Reptilia - Paramacellodidae
Sharovisaurus karatauensis n. gen., n. sp. Hecht and Hecht 1984
Hecht and Hecht 1984 2 individuals
PIN 2585/26 (holotype skeleton), 2585/41 (partial tail)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Karauridae
Karaurus sharovi n. gen., n. sp. Ivachnenko 1978
Hecht and Hecht 1984 1 individual
PIN 2585/2, Complete skeleton
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Pteroniscus sp. Berg 1949
Hecht and Hecht 1984
nomen nudum belonging to Oxygnathus
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan State/province:Ongtüstik Qazaqstan
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 69.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 72.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Karabastau
Stratigraphy comments: "These beds, often referred to as the 'rybnye slantsy' (= fish shales), form part of the upper sequence of the Karabastau Formation and have been dated as early Late Jurassic on the basis of plant remains"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,very fine,gray calcareous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "extremely fine grained, grey bituminous paper shales" "horizontal, thinly bedded carbonate shales" (Hecht & Hecht 1984)
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:intermontane basin
Geology comments: "a long, narrow, intermontane lake"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Articulated whole bodies:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Collectors:M. A. Vedenyapin, A. G. Sharov, V. V. Shevchenko Collection dates:1933, 1946
Taxonomic list comments:Many invertebrates, plants and other vertebrates are reported, but it is not clear which are from this particular locality and which are from the broader Karatau fauna
Metadata
Also known as:Michailovka locality, Karatau Ridge
Database number:92136
Authorizer:R. Butler, R. Benson, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, R. Benson, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-02 04:58:42 Last modified:2023-08-03 14:26:55
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-02 04:58:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43848. A. N. Riabinin. 1948. Zametka o letayushchem yashchere iz yury Kara-Tau [Note about a flying reptile from the Jurassic of Kara-Tau]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 1:86-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

30958 N. N. Bakhurina and D. M. Unwin. 1995. a survey of pterosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Historical Biology 10:197-245 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
68511 V. S. Bazhanov and V. V. Shevchenko. 1948. Krupnyy dinozavr iz Yury Karatau [Large dinosaur from the Jurassic of Karatau]. Vestnik Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR 5(43):88-89 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37918 M. K. Hecht and B. M. Hecht. 1984. A new lizard from Jurassic deposits of Middle Asia. Palaeontological Journal 18(3):133-136 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
18352ETE E. N. Kurochkin. 2000. Mesozoic birds of Mongolia and the former USSR. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 533-559 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41769 L. A. Nessov. 1984. Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:215-223 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
74357 A. H. Riabinin. 1948. ЧЕРЕПАХА ИЗ ЮРЫ КАРА-ТАУ [Turtle from Yura Kara-Tau]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk 94-98 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
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]
37290 A. G. Sharov. 1971. Novye letayushche reptilii is Mesosoya Kazachstana i Kirgizii [New Mesozoic flying reptiles from Kazakhstan and Kirgizia]. Trudy Paleontologicheskiya Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 130:104-113 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
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]
39421 G. W. Storrs and M. B. Efimov. 2000. Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 402-419 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
31032 D. M. Unwin and N. N. Bakhurina. 2000. Pterosaurs from Russia, Middle Asia and Mongolia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 420-433 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]