PBDB Collection

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

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Trigonoides sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

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

	Eoscapherpeton informal sp. b	Nessov 1988

	Eoscapherpeton superum n. sp. Nessov 1997	Nessov 1997
	including holotype (232/12177)
Reptilia - Theropoda

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

	Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
Reptilia - Theropoda - Ornithomimidae

	Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890	Nessov 1995
Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae

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

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

	Coeluroidea indet. Nopcsa 1928	Alifanov and Averianov 2006
Reptilia

	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

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

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

	Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908	Nessov 1995
Reptilia - Pterosauria - 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 - Crocodyliformes

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

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

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

	Anatolemys maximus Khozatskii and Nessov 1979	Vitek and Danilov 2014
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

	Shachemys baibolatica Kuznetsov 1976	Danilov et al. 2011	500 specimens

	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
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionychidae indet. (Gray 1825)

	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

	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
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae

	Lindholmemys gravis Nessov and Khozatsky 1980	Vitek and Danilov 2014
Reptilia - Squamata

	Squamata indet. Oppel 1811	Nessov 1988
	cf. Teiidae
Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae

	? Kulbeckia kulbecke Nessov 1993	Archibald and Averianov 2003	2 specimens
	CCMGE 9/12455 and CCMGE 73/12455 (M1)
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 Cretaceous
Stage:	Santonian	10 m.y. bin:	Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:	Early Santonian
Age range of interval:	86.3 - 83.6 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. Butler, R. Benson, E. Dunne, P. Mannion	Enterer:	K. Maguire, R. Butler, E. Dunne, J. Tennant, M. Carrano, R. Benson, P. Mannion
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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37284		M. B. Efimov. 1982. A two-fanged crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous in Tadzhikistan. Paleontological Journal 1982(4):103-104 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
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]
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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]
80958		L. E. Zanno. 2010. A taxonomic and phylogenetic re-evaluation of Therizinosauria (Dinosauria: Maniraptora). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(4):503-543 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]