Shestakovo-1 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Also known as LMCCE 004

Where: Kemerovo, Russian Federation (55.9° N, 88.0° E: paleocoordinates 54.2° N, 83.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ilek Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• "Ilekskaya Suite"

•Recently the fossiliferous level at Shestakovo 1 locality has been dated as Aptian by pollen (Bugdaeva et al., 2017).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; concretionary, gray, green, yellow, calcareous sandstone and brown, gray, green, red siltstone

• "greenish-grey and yellowish-green sands, with calcareous sandstone concretions, interbedded rhythmically with packets of thin-laminated greenish-grey and brown-red siltstones and clay marls." Most bones from sandstone layer; mammal from siltstone just above

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by A. Mossakovsky, I. Lebedev, E. Mashchenko in 1953–1960, 1994–1999, 2014–; reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,

• discovered 1953 by A. A. Mossakovsky & I. V. Lebedev; work resumed 1994

Primary reference: K. B. Yuryev. 1954. Kratkiy obzor nakhodok dinozavrov na territorii SSSR [A brief reivew of dinosaur finds in the USSR]. Uchenyye Zapiski, Leningradskogo Ordena Lenina Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 181(38):183-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39680: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.06.2004, edited by Matthew Oreska, Philip Mannion, Roger Benson and Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ginkgocycadophytus
  -
Ginkgocycadophytus sp.9 Samoilovitch 1953
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinaceae indet.9 Rudolphi 1830
Taurocusporites reduncus
  -
Pteridopsida
  -
Pilosisporites
  -
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Osteichthyes
 Halecomorphi - Sinamiidae
Sinamiidae indet.13 Berg 1940 ray-finned fish
 Palaeonisciformes -
Amphibia
 Caudata -
Caudata indet.11 Scopoli 1777 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Kiyatriton leshchinskiyi n. gen. n. sp.6
Kiyatriton leshchinskiyi n. gen. n. sp.6 Averianov and Voronkevich 2002 salamander
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Gekkota indet.21 Cuvier 1817 squamates
"gen. et sp. nov."
 Squamata - Paramacellodidae
Paramacellodus sp.11 Hoffstetter 1967 squamates
"gen. et sp. nov."
 Squamata - Xenosauridae
Xenosauridae indet.20 Cope 1866 squamates
"gen. et spec. nov."
 Squamata -
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Kirgizemys sp.13 Nessov and Khozatsky 1973 turtle
 Loricata -
Tagarosuchus kulemzini n. gen. n. sp.7
Tagarosuchus kulemzini n. gen. n. sp.7 Alifanov et al. 1999 crocodilian
 Pterosauria -
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet.21 pterosaur
collection of PM TGU, three teeth
 Theropoda -
Coelurosauria "indet. A"1 Huene 1914 coelurosaur
LMCCE 004/5, 53, 86, 125 (Dromaeosauridae or Tyrannosauroidea)
Coelurosauria "indet. B"1 Huene 1914 coelurosaur
LMCCE 004/74, 83 (Dromaeosauridae or Tyrannosauroidea)
Coelurosauria "indet. D"1 Huene 1914 coelurosaur
LMCCE 004/13, 26, 51, 52, 116 (Dromaeosauridae or Tyrannosauroidea)
Coelurosauria indet.4 Huene 1914 coelurosaur
PIN 329/16, incomplete anterior or middle cervical vertebra
Aves
  -
Aves indet.21 Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Mystiornithiformes - Mystiornithidae
Mystiornis cyrili n. gen. n. sp.12
Mystiornis cyrili n. gen. n. sp.12 Kurochkin et al. 2011 bird
PM TSU 16/5–45 - holotype (left metatarsus)
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Deinonychosauria "indet. C"1 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
LMCCE 004/32, 44, 61, 62 (Microraptorinae or Troodontidae)
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.7 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
cf. Dromaeosauridae indet.3 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodontidae indet.5 Gilmore 1924 maniraptoran
PM TGU 16/5-124
cf. Urbacodon sp.1 Averianov and Sues 2007 maniraptoran
LMCCE 004/1, 29, 78 (morphotype E)
 Theropoda -
Therizinosauroidea indet.11 Russell and Dong 1994 coelurosaur
cf. Prodeinodon sp.3 Osborn 1924 tetanuran theropod
 Ornithischia -
Stegosauria indet.3 ornithischian
 Ornithischia - Hypsilophodontidae
Hypsilophodontidae "indet. 1"3 hypsilophodontid
"sp. 1"
 Ornithischia -
Psittacosaurus sibiricus8 Voronkevich and Averianov 2000 ceratopsian
 Saurischia -
? Sauropoda indet.7 sauropod
now lost
Sibirotitan astrosacralis n. gen. n. sp.2 Averianov et al. 2018 sauropod
partial pes
Sibirotitan astrosacralis2 Averianov et al. 2018 sauropod
"Pleurocoelus-like" teeth
Sibirotitan astrosacralis2 Averianov et al. 2018 sauropod
peg-like tooth
 Choristodera -
Choristodera indet.11 Cope 1876 choristodere
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet.7 Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Theriamorpha - Amphilestidae
"Amphilestinae indet." = Amphilestidae14
"Amphilestinae indet." = Amphilestidae14 Osborn 1888 mammal
 Theriamorpha - Tinodontidae
? Tinodontidae indet.10 Marsh 1887 mammal
PM TGU 16/5-12, distal left humerus fragment
Yermakia domitor n. gen. n. sp.17 mammal
PM TGU, no. 16/6-16, holotype right dentary fragment; PM TGU, no. 16/7-22, PM TGU, no. 16/4-8, PM TGU, no. 120/9-25, PM TGU, no. 16/6-18, PM TGU, no. 16/9-28, PM TGU, no. 16/6-6, PM TGU, no. 16/7-6; PM TGU 120/5-Sh1-1, left upper molar (possibly M2; reported by Averianov & Lopatin 2008)
 Theriamorpha - Zhangheotheriidae
Kiyatherium cardiodens19 Maschenko and Lopatin 2002 mammal
P5
 Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae
Gobiconodon sp.13 Trofimov 1978 mammal
"sp. nov"
Gobiconodon hoburensis13 Trofimov 1978 mammal
Gobiconodon borissiaki18 Trofimov 1978 mammal
PIN N 4463/1
 Symmetrodonta - Amphidontidae
Acinacodus tagaricus n. gen. n. sp.16
Acinacodus tagaricus n. gen. n. sp.16 Lopatin et al. 2010 symmetrodont
PIN, no. 4463/5, holotype partial right dentary
Osteichthyes
 Docodonta - Tegotheriidae
"Sibirotherium rossicum n. gen. n. sp." = Sibirotherium rossicus15
"Sibirotherium rossicum n. gen. n. sp." = Sibirotherium rossicus15 Maschenko et al. 2002 dodocont
 Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Tritylodontidae indet.20 Cope 1884 mammaliamorph
Xenocretosuchus sibiricus n. gen. n. sp.13 Tatarinov and Matschenko 1999 mammaliamorph