Mount Koi-Kara: Neocomian, Kazakhstan
collected by J. J. Krom 1926
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Embasaurus minax n. gen., n. sp.
Riabinin 1931
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1 individual | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kazakhstan | State/province: | Atyrau |
| Coordinates: | 47.1° North, 51.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 61.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Altitude: | -21 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Neocomian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145 - 125.77 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. J. Krom | Collection dates: | 1926 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Koy-Kara, Emba River | ||
| Database number: | 53158 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-06 14:54:07 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-06 14:54:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25545. | ETE | A. N. Riabinin. 1931. Pozvonki dinozavra iz nizhnego mela Prikaspiyskikh stepey [Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of the Transcaspian steppes]. Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 60(1):110-113 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 39261 | L. A. Nessov. 1997. In L. B. Goloneva & A. O. Averianov (ed.), Nemorskiye Pozvonochnyye Melovogo Perioda Severnoy Yevrazii [Cretaceous Non-Marine Vertebrates of Northern Eurasia] 1-218 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] | |
| 62668 | A. N. Riabinin. 1939. Fauna pozvonochnykh iz verkhnego Mela yuzhnogo Kazakhstana. I. Reptilia. Chast’ 1. 1. Ornithischia [The Upper Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of southern Kazakhstan. 1. Reptilia. Part 1. 1. Ornithischia]. Trudy Tsentral'nogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologo-Razvedochnogo Instituta 118:1-40 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14374 | ETE | A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1973. The study of Cretaceous reptiles in Russia. Paleontological Journal 1973(2):90-99 [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] | |
| 68327 | K. B. Yuryev. 1954. Kratkiy obzor nakhodok dinozavrov na territorii SSSR [A brief reivew of dinosaur finds in the USSR]. Uchenyye Zapiski, Leningradskogo Ordena Lenina Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 181(38):183-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |