Where: Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan (46.4° N, 64.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 57.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Akzhar Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• mid Selandian to early Thanetian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, pebbly sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by KGE in 1995

• 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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84551: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.10.2008

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