Talovka Ravine, near the Shchuchkino settlement (Jurassic of Kazakhstan)

Where: Batys Qazaqstan, Kazakhstan (51.7° N, 50.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 53.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Upper Jurassic, Tithonian (= Lower Volgian).

•The belemnites and ammonites of Tithonian age accompanied the bones found

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• Tithonian clays

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1952

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical

• Institute of Zoology MS-AS RK.

Primary reference: D. V. Malakhov. 1999. Giant pliosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) from the Late Jurassic of Kazakhstan and some remarks on the systematics of Pliosauridae. Russian Journal of Hepetology 6(3):241-246 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150124: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus cf. macromerus Phillips 1871 plesiosaur
The specimen was briefly described by Bazhanov (1958). Incomplete skeleton No. 13–1958, Institute of Zoology MS-AS RK. The material is represented with incomplete postcranium of one specimen. Several cervical, dorsal and caudal vertebrae are of good preservation. The glenoid portion of the scapula (the ventral plate and the dorsal process are broken off), some phalanges and epipodials are also preserved. There are few fragments of neurapophyses and neural arches.