Savel'evsk Mine No. 1, near Gornyi: Tithonian, Russian Federation
collected by Mining operations 1933
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Pliosaurus irgisensis n. sp.
(Novozhilov 1948)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Pliosaurus | ||||||||||
| PIN 426 (holotype partial skeleton) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Russian Federation | State/province: | Saratov |
| Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 48.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° North, 51.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Savel'evsk oil shales | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 'Volgian' |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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: | Mining operations | Collection dates: | 1933 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Pliosaurus (Strongylokrotaphus) irgisensis type, Savelievsky, Gornyy | ||
| Database number: | 127414 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-05-12 21:00:12 | Last modified: | 2018-01-11 15:43:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-05-12 21:00:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41486. | N. I. Novozhilov. 1948. Two new pliosaurs from the lower Volgian tier of the Volga region (right bank). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 60:115-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 41506 | A. Rozhdestvensky. 1947. A new finding of a huge pliosaur from the Trans-Volga region. Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS 56(2):197-199 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |