A1 member, Aitym Formation, Meshekli area (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

Where: Uzbekistan (41.2° N, 61.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 56.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: A1 Member (Aitym Formation), Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; poorly lithified, bioturbated, fine-grained, silty claystone and poorly lithified sandstone

• "Member A1 is 49 m thick composed of silty clay with sand laminae and lenses, with several beds of interbedded fine- to medium-grained sand which are fossiliferous."

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, C. M. Redman, N. J. Morris, and D. J. Ward. 2007. New Late Cretaceous lobsters from the Kyzylkum Desert of Uzbekistan. Journal of Paleontology 81(4):701-713 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228549: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 13.12.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crustacea
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Crustacea indet.
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
pulverized pieces in coquina
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreonella sp., "Ostrea" pitniakensis
Ostreonella sp. Romanowski 1890 oyster
oyster coquina
"Ostrea" pitniakensis oyster
oyster coquina
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata -
Cyclostomata "ramose"