Gorodische (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Also known as Gorodishche, type of Ichthyosaurus steleodon

Where: Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russian Federation (54.6° N, 48.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 50.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Speetoniceras versicolor ammonoid zone, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• Rozhdestvensky suggests Late Jurassic

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. P. Pavlov

Primary reference: N. N. Bogobulow. 1909. Sur quelques restes de deux reptiles (Cryptoclidus simbirskensis n. sp. et Ichthyosaurus steleodon n. sp.), trouvés par Mr. le Profes. A. P. Pavlow sur les bords de la Volga dans les couches mésozoïques de Simbirsk. Annuaire géologique et minéralogique de la Russie 11(1-3):42-64 [V. Fischer/V. Fischer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 172585: authorized by Valentin Fischer, entered by Valentin Fischer on 12.08.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus steleodon n. sp. Bogolubow 1909 ichthyosaur