Kursk Region (Platypterygius kiprijanoffi type locality) (Cretaceous to of Russian Federation)

Where: Kursk, Russian Federation (51.7° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 31.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: 'Kursk Osteolite' Member (Seversk Sandstone Formation), Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. W. Storrs, M. S. Arkhangel'skii, and V. M. Efimov. 2000. Mesozoic marine reptiles of Russia and other former Soviet republics. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 187-210 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138040: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 04.01.2013, edited by Valentin Fischer

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Ophthalmosauridae indet. Andrews 1910 ichthyosaur
lost holotype