SSHD-8, Sheikhdzheili (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Also known as SSHD-8 Sheikdzheili

Where: Navoi, 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 formation - redeposited into late Paleocene beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by L. Nessov in 1979–1985

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1985. Redkie kostnye ryby, nazemiye yashcheritsy i mlekopitayushchie zony limanov i primorskikh nizmennostey mela Kyzylkumov [Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous]. Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association 28:199-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 64684: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.09.2006, edited by Emmanuel Fara, John Alroy and Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Cupressales - Pinidae
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia5
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia5 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Martesiinae or Xylophaginae
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.5 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
coprolite
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.4 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
cf. Aralobatrachus sp.6 Nessov 1981 painted frog
LU-N2/15 (ilium)
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.3 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Albanerpeton sp.7 Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
ZIN PH 1/78, 2/78
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha -
Theria indet.4 Parker and Haswell 1897 mammal
 Theriamorpha - Zalambdalestidae
Zalambdalestidae indet.1 Gregory and Simpson 1926 eutherian
ZIN 88500 (petrosal)
 Theriamorpha - Bobolestidae
"Otlestes meiman n. gen. n. sp." = Bobolestes zenge4
"Otlestes meiman n. gen. n. sp." = Bobolestes zenge4 Nessov 1985 eutherian
CCMGE 7/12176; considered a junior synonym of Bobolestes zenge by Averianov and Archibald 2005, who report additional specimens
 Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Zhelestidae indet.1 Nessov 1990 eutherian
"unnamed large sp. A": two dentaries
? Zhelestidae indet.1 Nessov 1990 eutherian
Eozhelestes mangit n. gen. n. sp.1 Nessov 1997 eutherian
Sheikhdzheilia rezvyii n. gen. n. sp.1 Averianov and Archibald 2005 eutherian
includes ZIN 88438, type, and CCMGE 8/12176 (originally referred to Otlestes meiman)
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis5 Nessov et al. 1989 ceratopsian
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Pectinodon asiamericanus n. sp.4 Nessov 1985 maniraptoran
CCMGE 49/12176
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia asiatica8 Nessov 1995 maniraptoran
ZIN PH 1223/16, 1224/16, 1225/16, 1226/16, 1227/16
 Theropoda -
Paronychodon asiaticus8 Nessov 1995 maniraptoran
ZIN PH 1220/16, 1221/16, 1228/16, 1229/16, 1230/16
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.2 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
teeth; ZIN PH 2426/16, 2424/16
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet.4 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus splendidus n. sp. Nessov 1985
 Lepisosteiformes -
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia semimarina n. sp. Nessov 1985 bowfin
 Teleostei -
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Cretalbula hammada Nessov 1985 bonefish
 Teleostei -
Ichthyodectiformes indet.5 Bardack and Sprinkle 1969
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae