Polunino 2 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Also known as Polunino Farm

Where: Volgograd, Russian Federation (49.7° N, 42.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 38.3° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Yarkov in 1990

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 59385: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 30.03.2006, edited by Richard Butler, Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia2
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia2 Linnaeus 1758 clam
"pelecypods"
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet.2 Brünnich 1772
"crustaceans"
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.2 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
"sharks"
Chondrichthyes
 Chimaeriformes -
Chimaeroidea indet.2 chimaera
"chimeras"
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.2 bony fish
"bony fishes"
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Chelonioidea indet.1 Baur 1893 sea turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Platecarpus sp.1, Hainosaurus sp.1, Mosasaurus sp.1, "Prognathodon sp." = Prognathodon1, "Dollosaurus sp." = Prognathodon1
Platecarpus sp.1 Cope 1869 mosasaur
Hainosaurus sp.1 Dollo 1885 mosasaur
Mosasaurus sp.1 Parkinson 1822 mosasaur
"Prognathodon sp." = Prognathodon1 Dollo 1889 mosasaur
"Dollosaurus sp." = Prognathodon1 Dollo 1889 mosasaur
 Loricata -
 Ornithischia -
? Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923 ankylosaur
 Theropoda -
 Saurischia -
 Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet.1 pterosaur
VGI 231/4, fragment of humerus
 Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Polycotylidae indet.1 Williston 1908 plesiosaur
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet.1 Cope 1869 elasmosaur
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosauridae indet.1 Seeley 1874 plesiosaur