Blagoveschensk: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Russian Federation
collected by I. Bastrykin, A. Lazarev, A. R. Rozhdestvensky 1948, 1951, 1972, 1981-1989, 2005-2006

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Orbiculapollis lucidus
Godefroit et al. 2004
Ulmipollenities krempii
Godefroit et al. 2004
Wodehouseia spinata
Godefroit et al. 2004
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
Lauters et al. 2008 1 specimen
AEHM 1/316 (tooth)
    = Arkharavia heterocoelica Alifanov and Bolotsky 2010
Alifanov and Bolotsky 2010
    = Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993
Mannion et al. 2013
    = Opisthocoelicaudiinae indet.
Averianov et al. 2022
Written as 'Opisthocoelicaudiidae indet.'
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Bolotsky and Godefroit 2004
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Carnosauria indet. Huene 1920
24 specimens
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Godefroit et al. 2004
    = Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Bolotsky 2011
AEIM 1/789-791, 797, 799-800, 802, 819-820, 823-826, 841-842, 846-852, 1088-1078
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon sp. Leidy 1856
Averianov and Sues 2007
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Bolotskii et al. 2019 4 specimens
AEIM 1/314, 806, 1079-1080
    = Dromaeosaurinae indet. Matthew and Brown 1922
Bolotsky 2011
Velociraptorinae indet. Barsbold 1983
Bolotsky 2011 3 specimens
AEIM 1/1081-1083
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
Bolotsky and Godefroit 2004 15 specimens
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
90 %-specimens
hundreds of specimens; AEHM 1/12, 1/1755, 1/1038, 1/1715, 1/1716, 1/1682,
    = Amurosaurus riabinini n. gen., n. sp. Bolotsky and Kurzanov 1991
Bolotsky and Kurzanov 1991
Kerberosaurus manakini n. gen., n. sp. Bolotsky and Godefroit 2004
Bolotsky and Godefroit 2004
AEHM 1/319 (3 measurements)
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Bolotsky and Godefroit 2004
Coniferales
Cupressinoxylon sp. Göppert 1850
Yuryev 1954
unclassified
Aquilapollenites reticulatus
Godefroit et al. 2004
Aquilapollenites conatus
Godefroit et al. 2004
Aquilapollenites quadrilobus Rouse 1957
Godefroit et al. 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Amur County:Blagoveschensk
Coordinates: 50.3° North, 127.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.0° North, 113.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:135 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tsagayan Formation:Udurchukan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Wodehousia spinata-Aquilapollenities subtilis palynozone; lower part of group, Unit 2 of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tabular,intraclastic,brown,green claystone
Secondary lithology:pebbly,green claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "green-coloured claystones with a considerable amount of dispersed granules. A basal pebble lag with a maximum clast size of 20 cm occurs at the base of these sediments."; "green-to-brown massive claystones...The clays are dominantly smectite with some illite and kaolinite. No bioturbation or paleosol development beyond inceptisols...matrix-supported clasts..."
Environment:crevasse splay
Geology comments: "deposition in fluvial or alluvial palaeoenvironment", interpreted as debris flows
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:-bonebed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:medium
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:extreme
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Rock censused:20000 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:I. Bastrykin, A. Lazarev, A. R. Rozhdestvensky Collection dates:1948, 1951, 1972, 1981-1989, 2005-2006
Metadata
Also known as:Blagoveshchensk
Database number:47029
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, A. Chiarenza, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-02-01 08:00:28 Last modified:2023-11-15 10:01:00
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-01 08:00:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14383.ETE A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1957. O mestonaxozhdeniyx beuxnemelouix dinosaurou na R. Amur [Dinosaurian localities of Upper Cretaceous on Amur River]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 1(4):285-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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84161 A. O. Averianov, Y. L. Bolotsky, and I. Y. Bolotsky. 2022. A Sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of the Amur Region. Doklady Earth Sciences 507(3):S418-S419 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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