Kharkush tracksite (Jurassic of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (38.8° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 73.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karabil Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• Tithonian?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gypsiferous, silty sandstone

• silty, gypsiferous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: V. P. Novikov and M. R. Dzhalilov. 1988. Litologicheskaya interpretatsiya mestonakhozhdeniy sledov dinozavrov i Tadzhikistane [A lithological interpretation of localities with dinosaurian traces in Tajikistan]. In T. N. Bogdanova, L. I. Khosatzky, & A. A. Istchenko (eds.), Sledy Zhiznedeyatel'nosti i Dinamika Sredy v Drevnikh Biotopakh. Trudy XXX Sessii Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva i VII Sessii Ukrainskogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva [Fossil Traces of Vital Activity and Dynamics of the Environment in Ancient Biotopes. Transactions of the XXX Session of All-Union Paleontological Society and the VII Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society]. Naukova Dumka, Kiev 58-69 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59626: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 05.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
Kharkushosauropus kharkushensis n. gen. n. sp. Dzhailov and Novikov 1993 ornithopod
footprints