SH-5, Khodzhakulsai ravine (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Also known as Khodzhakulsay, SKh-5, Khodzhakul'sai

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)

• Upper part of the Khodzhakul formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1984. Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:215-223 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58490: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 09.02.2006, edited by Richard Butler, Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson and Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

• Nessov (1984) listed turtles from "Sheichdzheili and Chodzhakul localities and others", but only gave details for SH-5
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx cf. kyrgyzensis" = Petrochelys kyrgyzensis7 Nessov 1995 softshell turtle
Trionyx "species 3" Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Trionyx dissolutus7 Vitek and Danilov 2014 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus kizylkumensis3 Nesov 1981 turtle
"Ferganemys" itemirensis3 Nesov 1981 turtle
Pie chart in Nessov (1984) suggests ~250 specimens
 Testudines -
Tienfucheloides undatus Nessov 1978 turtle
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
"Mongolemys occidentalis" = Khodzhakulemys occidentalis
"Mongolemys occidentalis" = Khodzhakulemys occidentalis Nessov 1984 turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Kizylkumemys schultzi n. gen. n. sp.
Kizylkumemys schultzi n. gen. n. sp. Nessov 1977 turtle
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Anatolemys oxensis Khozatskii and Nessov 1977 turtle
cf. Kirgizemys sp. Nessov and Khozatsky 1973 turtle
 Theropoda -
Alectrosaurus sp.6 Gilmore 1933 coelurosaur
Aves
 Alexornithiformes - Alexornithidae
Zhyraornis kashkarovi4 Nessov 1984 bird
TsNIGRI 43/11915, thoracic vertebra
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
? Deinonychosauria indet.6 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.6 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Ornithischia -
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis6 Nessov et al. 1989 ceratopsian
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.2 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
teeth; ZIN PH 2432/16
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet.1 pterosaur
ZIN PH 3/44, tooth
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia semimarina5 Nessov 1985 bowfin
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus splendidus5 Nessov 1985
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Cretalbula hammada5 Nessov 1985 bonefish