Krasnyi Yar, Khilok River (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Also known as KYAR-1

Where: Buryat, Russian Federation (50.7° N, 107.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.7° N, 105.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khilok Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• originally referred to the Murtoi Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dmitriev, Nessov, Starkov, Skutschas in 1950s, 1990, 2002

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58199: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 26.01.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano and Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauriformes indet.4 Salgado et al. 1997 sauropod
ZIN PH 2/112
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet.2 ornithopod
 Ornithischia - Hypsilophodontidae
Hypsilophodontidae indet.4 hypsilophodontid
 Theropoda -
"Prodeinodon" sp.2 Osborn 1924 tetanuran theropod
ZIN PH 3-4/112
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.4 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
ZIN PH 5/112
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet.1 pterosaur
ZIN PH 43, tooth
 Choristodera -
Choristodera indet.2 choristodere
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.4 Batsch 1788 turtle
? Chelonioidea indet.2 Baur 1893 sea turtle
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Kirgizemys sp.4 Nessov and Khozatsky 1973 turtle
 Squamata -
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet.4 Günther 1859 painted frog
? Discoglossidae indet.3 Günther 1859 painted frog
ZISP PH 3/45 (posterior right maxilla)
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
Amiiformes indet.4 Hay 1929 bowfin
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.4
2 species
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes -
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch