PBDB Collection

Khodzhakul I (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Where: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (40.1° N, 65.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 60.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khodzhakul Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• lower part of the formation in the lower middle Albian; also assigned to lower Cenomanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Discovered by Sh. Zhuraev in 1978

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. In I. V. Darevsky (ed.), The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts 91-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58466: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 08.02.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano, Jonathan Tennant and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Adocidae	Adocidae indet.², Adocus kizylkumensis n. sp. Adocidae indet.² Cope 1869 turtle orig. Ferganemys sp. Adocus kizylkumensis n. sp. Nesov 1981 turtle Includes holotype: ZIN PHT S75-15, lateral part of undetermined costal; plus ZIN PH 13/87, neural 1; ZIN PH 8/87, neural 4(?); ZIN PH S78-1, costal 6; ZIN PH 12/87, peripheral 4; ZIN PH 9/87, bridge peripheral
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionyx dissolutus⁷, "Trionyx cf. kyrgyzensis" = Petrochelys kyrgyzensis⁷ Trionyx dissolutus⁷ Vitek and Danilov 2014 softshell turtle "Trionyx cf. kyrgyzensis" = Petrochelys kyrgyzensis⁷ Nessov 1995 softshell turtle
Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae	Nanhsiungchelyidae indet.³ Nanhsiungchelyidae indet.³ Yeh 1966 turtle
Pterosauria -	Pterodactyloidea indet.⁶ Pterodactyloidea indet.⁶ Plieninger 1901 pterosaur ZIN PH 50/44, rostrum fragment
Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae	Ornithocheiridae indet.¹ Ornithocheiridae indet.¹ pterosaur ZIN PH 46/44, 47/44, jaw fragments. ZIN PH 41, 44, teeth. ZIN PH 4/44, partial scapula
Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae	Azhdarchidae indet.⁴ Azhdarchidae indet.⁴ Nessov 1984 pterosaur ZIN PH 61/44, jaw fragment. ZIN PH 80/44, fragment left coracoid. ZIN PH 55/44, fragment of wing phalanx. ZIN PH 44/44, partial pedal phalanx
Theropoda -	"Segnosauria indet." = Therizinosauroidea⁵ "Segnosauria indet." = Therizinosauroidea⁵ Russell and Dong 1994 coelurosaur

¹Averianov 2007; ²Danilov et al. 2011; ³Danilov and Syromyatnikova 2008; ⁴Nessov 1990; ⁵Nessov 1995; ⁶Rodrigues and Kellner 2013; ⁷Vitek and Danilov 2014