SSHD-8a, Sheikhdzheili (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Where: Navoi, Uzbekistan (40.1° N, 65.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 60.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khodzhakul Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• upper part of the formation - redeposited into late Paleocene beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by L. A. Nessov in 1979–1985

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. In I. V. Darevsky (ed.), The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts 91-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 64685: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.09.2006, edited by Emmanuel Fara, John Alroy, Roger Benson and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet.6 Gray 1822 cypress
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet.4 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobatidae indet.4 Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad
 Caudata - Urodela
Horezmia gracile Nessov 1981 salamander
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.2 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
specimen ZIN PC 1/46: incomplete right dentary
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Oxlestes grandis n. gen. n. sp.4
Oxlestes grandis n. gen. n. sp.4 Nessov 1982 eutherian
CCMGE 6/11758
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.6 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Khodzhakulemys occidentalis1 Nessov 1984 turtle
CCMGE 61/12086, medial fragment of the first costal; CCMGE 30/12086 —fragment of two sutured costals (fifth and sixth) of the left side; CCMGE 17/12086, the first right peripheral; CCMGE 16/12086, the second right peripheral; CCMGE 20/12086, the seventh peripheral with fragment of the fifth costal; CCMGE 70/12086, fragment of nuchal
Mongolemys sp. Khosatzky and Mlynarski 1971 turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudochrysemys sp.4 Sukhanov and Narmandakh 1976 turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Kizylkumemys schultzi Nessov 1977 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902 turtle
 Testudines -
Tienfucheloides undatus Nessov 1978 turtle
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Anatolemys oxensis Khozatskii and Nessov 1977 turtle
Kirgizemys sp. Nessov and Khozatsky 1973 turtle
 Crocodylia -
cf. Zholsuchus sp.3 Nesov et al. 1989 crocodilian
ZIN PH 1-5/267
 Loricata - Paralligatoridae
? Kansajsuchus sp. Efimov 1975 crocodilian
 Loricata -
Shamosuchus karakalpakensis n. sp.7 Nesov et al. 1989 crocodilian
 Ornithischia -
 Ornithischia - Psittacosauridae
Psittacosauridae indet. Osborn 1923 ceratopsian
 Ornithischia -
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis6 Nessov et al. 1989 ceratopsian
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Saurornithoides sp. Osborn 1924 maniraptoran
 Theropoda -
"Segnosauria indet." = Therizinosauroidea6
"Segnosauria indet." = Therizinosauroidea6 Russell and Dong 1994 coelurosaur
 Avetheropoda -
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus splendidus5 Nessov 1985
 Holostei - Dapediidae
"Dapedius sp." = Dapedium4
"Dapedius sp." = Dapedium4 Leach 1822
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.4 Agassiz 1832 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia semimarina5 Nessov 1985 bowfin
 Teleostei -
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Cretalbula hammada5 Nessov 1985 bonefish
 Ichthyodectiformes -
Sultanuvaisia sp. Nessov 1981
Aidachar sp. Nessov 1981
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae