Where: Volgograd, Russian Federation (48.6° N, 44.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 38.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kamyshin Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; coarse-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: A. O. Averianov and A. A. Yarkov. 2004. Carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda) from the Maastrichtian of the Volga-Don interfluve, Russia. Paleontological Journal 38(1):78-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 38077: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.04.2004, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle "large, but thin-lated Cheloniidae indet with massive rib heads"
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Chondrichthyes | |
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unclassified | |
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