Madygen, SW outcrop (Triassic to of Kyrgyzstan)

Where: Batken, Kyrgyzstan (40.1° N, 70.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 60.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: T4 Member (Madygen Formation), Ladinian to Ladinian (242.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Upper Grey-coloured Member (T4), dated as Ladinian or Carnian on the basis of macrofloral records

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; lithology not reported

• "fluvial channel and mudflow deposits"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. Voigt in 2007

Collection methods: quarrying,

• FG, Geological Institute of Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg

Primary reference: R. R. Schoch, S. Voigt, and M. Buchwitz. 2010. A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of chroniosuchian relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:515-530 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99542: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 15.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda - Chroniosuchidae
Madygenerpeton pustulatus n. gen. n. sp. Schoch et al. 2010 tetrapod
FG 596/V/4 (holotype), complete skull. FG 596/V/5, dermal plates, FG 596/V/6, osteoderm