Karagaly (Eocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.8° N, 51.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 46.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Shorym Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• upper Bartonian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. B. Snetkov. 2011. Vertebrae of the sea snake Palaeophis nessovi Averianov (Acrochordoidea, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Western Kazakhstan and phylogenetic analysis of the Superfamily Acrochordoidea. Palaeontological Journal 45(3):305-313 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 113115: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.07.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Allopleuron qazaqstanense Karl et al. 2012 sea turtle
[may not be from this locality - no information given in text]
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis nessovi Averianov 1997 snake