Shakh Shakh 2C: Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Kazakhstan
collected by G. Dyke and D.V. Malakhov 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Zhelestidae
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Zhalmouzia bazhanovi n. gen., n. sp.
Averianov et al. 2012
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Holotype ZIN 100639, left dentary fragment with m2-3 and alveoli for c, p1–5, and m1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kazakhstan | State/province: | Qyzylorda |
| Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 64.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 58.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 100 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bostobe | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bostobe Formation (Late Cretaceous, Santonian–?Campanian). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Once wet, the clay and silt quickly disintegrated, leaving about 10% of the original weight composed mostly of small rock fragments and rare bones | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
| Rock censused: | 925 kg | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | PIN | ||
| Collectors: | G. Dyke and D.V. Malakhov | Collection dates: | 2007 |
| Collection method comments: The matrix from Shakh Shakh 2C was wet sieved through a 1 mm mesh screen. Once wet, the clay and silt quickly disintegrated, leaving about 10% of the original weight composed mostly of small rock fragments and rare bones. The concentrate was picked in Almaty in 2007 | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 135527 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-10-28 02:52:53 | Last modified: | 2016-06-22 10:36:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-10-28 02:52:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43363. | A. Averianov, J. D. Archibald, and G. J. Dyke. 2012. A new eutherian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica [R. Benson/R. Benson] |