Tyul'kili 1 (Cretaceous to of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Tyul'keli; Tyulkili

Where: Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan (46.2° N, 64.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 57.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhirkindek Formation, Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 86.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomeratic sandstone

• "sands interbedded with clays and silts"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by KGE in 1995

Collection methods: surface (float),

• collected by Kapchagay Geological Expedition of the Ministry of Geology, Rep. of Kazakhstan and the University of Michigan Mus. of Paleontology

Primary reference: E. G. Kordikova, P. D. Polly, V. A. Alifanov, Z. Rocek, G. F. Gunnell and A. O. Averianov. 2001. Small vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):390-400 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84557: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824 monitor lizard
KGE-T1/1, cervical vertebra