Shakh-Shakh 12 (Paleocene to of Kazakhstan)

Where: Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan (46.0° N, 64.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 57.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Akzhar Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, conglomeratic sandstone

• "loose, light-colored sands and gravels capped with a layer of phosphorite nodules"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by KGE in 1995

Collection methods: surface (float),

• collected by Kapchagay Geological Expedition of the Ministry of Geology, Rep. of Kazakhstan and the University of Michigan Mus. of Paleontology

Primary reference: E. G. Kordikova, P. D. Polly, V. A. Alifanov, Z. Rocek, G. F. Gunnell and A. O. Averianov. 2001. Small vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):390-400 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84553: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.10.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia striata
Striatolamia striata Winkler 1874 goblin shark
KGE-Sh12/26-12/34
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus obliquus
Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
KGE-Sh12/35-12/37, "var. minor"
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias teretidens
Carcharias teretidens sand shark
KGE-Sh12/1-12/25