Krasnyi Yar, Khilok River: Aptian, Russian Federation
collected by Dmitriev, Nessov, Starkov, Skutschas 1950, 1990, 2002

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Averianov and Skutschas 2009
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Skutschas 2006
Skutschas 2006
Averianov and Skutschas 2009
Skutschas 2006
Reptilia
Skutschas 2006
Reptilia - Choristodera
Averianov and Skutschas 2009 2 specimens
centrum of posterior caudal vertebra ZIN PH 28/25; proximal fragment of dorsal rib ZIN PH 29/25
Reptilia
1 specimen
ZIN PH 2/112
Skutschas 2006
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Skutschas 2006 1 specimen
ZIN PH 5/112
Reptilia
Averianov and Skutschas 2009 2 specimens
ZIN PH 3-4/112
Skutschas 2006 3 specimens
Averianov and Skutschas 2009
ZIN PH 14/112, 1/112, 12/112
Reptilia - Hypsilophodontidae
Skutschas 2006
Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Averianov 2007 1 specimen
ZIN PH 43, tooth
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet. Günther 1859
Skutschas 2006
Skutschas 2003 1 specimen
ZISP PH 3/45 (posterior right maxilla)
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Skutschas 2006
2 species
Actinopteri - Amiiformes
Skutschas 2006
Palaeonisciformes
Skutschas 2006
    = Palaeonisciformes indet. Hay 1902
Averianov and Skutschas 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Buryat County:Bichursky
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 107.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.6° North, 116.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:658 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 3
Key time interval: Aptian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 113.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Khilok
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: originally referred to the Murtoi Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Rock censused:2000 kg
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Dmitriev, Nessov, Starkov, Skutschas Collection dates:1950s, 1990, 2002
Metadata
Also known as:KYAR-1
Database number:58199
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Butler Enterer:K. Maguire, R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-01-26 14:52:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-01-26 14:52:02
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

31142 A. O. Averianov. 2007. Mid-Cretaceous ornithocheirids (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from Russia and Uzbekistan. Paleontological Journal 41:79-86 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
86461 A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2023. Dinosaurs of Russia: a review of the localities. Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences 93(4) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
33940ETE A. O. Averianov and P. P. Skutschas. 2009. Additions to the Early Cretaceous dinosaur fauna of Transbaikalia, eastern Russia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 313(4):363-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71292 A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas, R. Schellhorn, A. V. Lopatin, P. N. Kolosov, V. V. Kolchanov, D. D. Vitenko, D. V. Grigoriev, and T. Martin. 2019. The northernmost sauropod record in the Northern Hemisphere. Lethaia 53:362-368 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
17903ETE P. Skutschas. 2006. Mesozoic amphibians from Siberia, Russia. 9th International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Abstracts and Proceedings Volume 123-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38089 P. P. Skutschas. 2003. Anuran remains from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 10(3):213-216 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
89217 P. P. Skutschas and D. D. Vitenko. 2017. Early Cretaceous choristoderes (Diapsida, Choristodera) from Siberia, Russia. Cretaceous Research 77(78):79–92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]