Brick factory spoil heap, Gornyi: Tithonian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae
Paraophthalmosaurus saratoviensis n. sp. Arkhangelsky 1998
Arkhangelsky 1998
nomen dubium belonging to Paraophthalmosaurus
(precise locality data unknown - in Russian)
Brachypterygius zhuravlevi n. sp. Arkhangelsky 1998
Arkhangelsky 1998
recombined as Grendelius zhuravlevi
(precise locality data unknown - in Russian)
Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis n. gen., n. sp. Arkhangelsky 1997
1 specimen
recombined as Nannopterygius saveljeviensis
SGU 104a/23, holotype skull and anterior postcranium
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
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Volgian (=Tithonian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Gornyy
Database number:138036
Authorizer:R. Benson, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Benson, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-01-04 02:54:13 Last modified:2018-01-11 16:06:43
Access level:the public Released:2013-01-04 02:54:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41485. G. W. Storrs, M. S. Arkhangel'skii, and V. M. Efimov. 2000. Mesozoic marine reptiles of Russia and other former Soviet republics. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 187-210 [R. Benson/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

46312 M. S. Arkhangelsky. 1997. On a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Lower Volgian substage of the Saratov, Volga Region. Paleontological Journal 21(1):87-91 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
46313 M. S. Arkhangelsky. 1998. On the ichthyosaurian fossils from the Volgian Stage of the Saratov Basin. Palaeontological Journal (2)87-91 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]