Also known as Pliosaurus (Strongylokrotaphus) irgisensis type, Savelievsky, Gornyy

Where: Saratov, Russian Federation (51.8° N, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 51.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Savel'evsk oil shales Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• 'Volgian'

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mining operations in 1933

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: N. I. Novozhilov. 1948. Two new pliosaurs from the lower Volgian tier of the Volga region (right bank). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 60:115-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127414: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 12.05.2012

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