Madygen, site 14: Ladinian - Carnian, Kyrgyzstan
collected by A. G. Sharov 1965

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Triassuridae
Ivakhnenko 1978 1 individual
PIN 2584/10, impression of skeleton
Reptilia
Sharov 1970 8 specimens
PIN 2584/4, incomplete skeleton and impression of integument. PIN 2584/5, 6, 7, 9. FG 596/V/1, 2, 3, integument
Reptilia - Drepanosauridae
Alifanov and Kurochkin 2011
PIN, nos. 2584/12a and 2584/12b, partial skeleton
Reptilia - Podopterygidae
1 individual
PIN 2584/8, nearly complete skeleton
Madysauridae
Tatarinov 2005 1 individual
PIN 2584/11, partial skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:Kyrgyzstan State/province:Batken
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 70.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.5° North, 77.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic - Late Triassic
Stage: Ladinian - Carnian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2 - Triassic 3
Key time interval: Ladinian - Carnian
Age range of interval: 241.464 - 227.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Madygen Member:Upper Grey-coloured
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Grey-coloured Member (T4), about 50 m below the top of the unit, dated as Ladinian or Carnian on the basis of macrofloral records (see Unwin et al. 2000)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,yellow "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Collectors:A. G. Sharov Collection dates:1965
Collection method comments: FG: Geological Institute of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Metadata
Also known as:northern Madygen outcrop
Database number:115162
Authorizer:R. Butler, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Butler, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-08-30 00:54:32 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-30 00:54:32
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

45813 V. R. Alifanov and E. N. Kurochkin. 2011. Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi gen. et sp. nov., a new reptile from the Triassic of southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Paleontological Journal 45(6):42-50 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
37294 M. F. Ivakhnenko. 1978. Tailed amphibians from the Triassic and Jurassic of Middle Asia. Paleontological Journal 1978(3):84-89 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
37292 A. G. Sharov. 1970. An unusual reptile from the Lower Triassic of Fergana. Paleontological Journal 1970(1):112-116 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
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]
37296 L. P. Tatarinov. 2005. A new cynodont (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Madygen Formation (Triassic) of Fergana, Kyrgyzstan. Paleontological Journal 39:192-198 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
37293 D. M. Unwin, V. R. Alifanov, and M. J. Benton. 2000. Enigmatic small reptiles from the Middle-Late Triassic of Kirgizstan. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 177-186 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
37297 S. Voigt, M. Buchwitz, J. Fischer, D. Krause, and R. Georgi. 2009. Feather-like development of Triassic diapsid skin appendages. Naturwisenschaften 96:81-86 [R. Butler/R. Butler]