Kuyulus (Eocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.8° N, 51.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 46.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: lower Member (Shorym Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. B. Snetkov. 2011. Vertebrae of the sea snake Palaeophis nessovi Averianov (Acrochordoidea, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Western Kazakhstan and phylogenetic analysis of the Superfamily Acrochordoidea. Palaeontological Journal 45(3):305-313 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 113116: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.07.2011, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes -
Mangystania humilicristata n. gen. n. sp.2 Zvonok et al. 2016 bird
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Allopleuron" qazaqstanense1 Karl et al. 2012 sea turtle
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis nessovi Averianov 1997 snake