Shakh-Shakh (KAD-3): Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
1 specimen
ZIN PH 7/49
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosaurinae indet. Matthew and Brown 1922
2 specimens
ZIN PH 31/49, 33/49
Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
4 specimens
ZIN PH 11-14/49
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:small collection
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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red sandstone
Secondary lithology:gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "grey clays and reddish sands"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:73447
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-06-15 13:44:25 Last modified:2008-10-30 08:58:12
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-15 13:44:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24648.ETE A. O. Averianov. 2007. Theropod dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous deposits in the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan. Cretaceous Research 28:532-544 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]