Zatolokino Village (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Also known as Georgiasaurus penzensis type locality

Where: Penza, Russian Federation (52.6° N, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 38.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• Just 'Santonian'

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, gray, green, argillaceous sandstone

• The find was made in greenish-gray fine argillaceous sandstone of the Santonian stage

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Quarry workers at Zatolokino Village in 1973

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Regional Studies Museum of Penza Province

Primary reference: V. G. Otschev. 1976. A new pliosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Penza Province. Paleont. Zhurnal 2:135-138 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127412: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 12.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
"Georgia penzensis n. gen. n. sp." = Georgiasaurus penzensis
"Georgia penzensis n. gen. n. sp." = Georgiasaurus penzensis Otschev 1976 plesiosaur
holotype partial skeleton