SH-5, Khodzhakulsai ravine: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Uzbekistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus kizylkumensis Nesov 1981
Danilov et al. 2011
"Ferganemys" itemirensis Nesov 1981
Danilov et al. 2011 250 specimens
Pie chart in Nessov (1984) suggests ~250 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Mongolemys occidentalis Nessov 1984
recombined as Khodzhakulemys occidentalis
Reptilia - Testudines
Kizylkumemys schultzi n. gen., n. sp. Nessov 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx informal species 3
Trionyx dissolutus Vitek and Danilov 2014
Vitek and Danilov 2014
Trionyx informal species 1
    = Trionyx cf. kyrgyzensis Nessov 1995
Vitek and Danilov 2014
recombined as Petrochelys kyrgyzensis
Reptilia - Testudines
Tienfucheloides undatus Nessov 1978
Anatolemys oxensis Khozatskii and Nessov 1977
cf. Kirgizemys sp. Nessov and Khozatsky 1973
Reptilia
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis Nessov et al. 1989
Nessov 1995
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Nessov 1995
Reptilia
? Deinonychosauria indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Nessov 1995
Reptilia - Alexornithiformes - Alexornithidae
Zhyraornis kashkarovi Nessov 1984
Kurochkin 2000 1 specimen
TsNIGRI 43/11915, thoracic vertebra
Reptilia
Alectrosaurus sp. Gilmore 1933
Nessov 1995
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993
Averianov and Sues 2017 2 specimens
teeth; ZIN PH 2432/16
Reptilia - Ornithocheiridae
Ornithocheiridae indet. Seeley 1870
Averianov 2007 1 element
ZIN PH 3/44, tooth
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus splendidus Nessov 1985
Nessov 1985
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia semimarina Nessov 1985
Nessov 1985
nomen dubium belonging to Amiinae
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Cretalbula hammada Nessov 1985
Nessov 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:Uzbekistan State/province:Karakalpakstan
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 65.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 60.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:405 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Khodzhakul
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the Khodzhakul formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Nessov (1984) listed turtles from "Sheichdzheili and Chodzhakul localities and others", but only gave details for SH-5
Metadata
Also known as:Khodzhakulsay, SKh-5, Khodzhakul'sai
Database number:58490
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson, P. Mannion, R. Butler Enterer:K. Maguire, J. Tennant, M. Carrano, R. Butler, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-02-09 10:23:58 Last modified:2023-07-18 14:57:35
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-09 10:23:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41769. L. A. Nessov. 1984. Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:215-223 [R. Benson/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

31142 A. O. Averianov. 2007. Mid-Cretaceous ornithocheirids (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from Russia and Uzbekistan. Paleontological Journal 41:79-86 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
85320 A. O. Averianov and H.-D. Sues. 2017. Review of Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs from Central Asia. Cretaceous Research 69:184-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30958 N. N. Bakhurina and D. M. Unwin. 1995. a survey of pterosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Historical Biology 10:197-245 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
37404ETE I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
18352ETE E. N. Kurochkin. 2000. Mesozoic birds of Mongolia and the former USSR. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 533-559 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
38131 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]
16510ETE 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]
50301 N. S. Vitek and I. G. Danilov. 2014. Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research 49:1-12 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]