Zatolokino Village: Santonian, Russian Federation
collected by Quarry workers at Zatolokino Village 1973

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Georgia penzensis n. gen., n. sp. Otschev 1976
1 individual
recombined as Georgiasaurus penzensis
holotype partial skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Penza County:Bekovo
Coordinates: 52.6° North, 43.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.9° North, 38.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Santonian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Just 'Santonian'
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,gray,green argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The find was made in greenish-gray fine argillaceous sandstone of the Santonian stage
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Quarry workers at Zatolokino Village Collection dates:1973
Collection method comments: Regional Studies Museum of Penza Province
Metadata
Also known as:Georgiasaurus penzensis type locality
Database number:127412
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:R. Benson Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-12 20:14:49 Last modified:2012-05-12 05:19:32
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-12 20:14:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41484. V. G. Otschev. 1976. A new pliosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Penza Province. Paleont. Zhurnal 2:135-138 [R. Benson/R. Benson]