Teete (PIN Loc. 4874): Berriasian - Barremian, Russian Federation
collected by Tolmachoff, Nessov, Skutchas, Schellhorn, Vitenko 1904, 1988, 2002–2007, 2017–2018

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ophyoglossum sp.
Kolosov et al. 2009
cf. Ophyoglossum sp.
Kolosov et al. 2009
Tritylodontidae
Xenocretosuchus kolossovi Lopatin and Agadjanian 2008
Kolosov et al. 2009
Docodonta
Docodonta indet. Kretzoi 1946
Averianov et al. 2018
PIN 5614/7
Docodonta - Tegotheriidae
Khorotherium yakutensis n. gen., n. sp. Averianov et al. 2018
Averianov et al. 2018
PIN 5614/1 - holotype
Mammalia
cf. Sineleutherus sp. Martin et al. 2010
Averianov et al. 2018
PIN 5614/4
    = Cryoharamiya tarda n. gen., n. sp. Averianov et al. 2020
Averianov et al. 2020
PIN 5614/4 - holotype (right M1)
Mammalia - Eutriconodonta
Sangarotherium aquilonium n. gen., n. sp. Averianov et al. 2018
Averianov et al. 2018
PIN 5614/3 - holotype
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Kurzanov et al. 2003
Mesochelydia indet. Joyce 2017
Skutschas et al. 2020
basisphenoid ZIN PH 1/249, and additional shell and skeleton fragments
Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)
Kolosov et al. 2009
Khurendukhosaurus sp. Sigogneau-Russell and Efimov 1984
Kolosov et al. 2009
Allosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
Kurzanov et al. 2003 6 specimens
PIN 4874/2
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Carrano et al. 2012
Coelurosauria indet. Huene 1914
Kurzanov et al. 2003 5 specimens
PIN 4874/3
Ornithischia indet. (Seeley 1888)
Averianov and Lopatin 2023
Stegosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
2 specimens
PIN 4874/5
    = Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
Maidment et al. 2008
Ornithopoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Averianov and Lopatin 2023
cf. Camarasaurus sp. Cope 1877
Kurzanov et al. 2003 2 specimens
PIN 4874/7
    = ? Euhelopodidae indet. Romer 1956
Averianov et al. 2002
    = Macronaria indet. Sereno 1997
Averianov et al. 2019
ZIN PH 4/246; IDPMG 26-28/193
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Caudata indet. Scopoli 1777
Kolosov et al. 2009
Kulgeriherpeton ultimus n. gen., n. sp. Skutschas et al. 2018
Skutschas et al. 2018
ZIN PH 3/246 - holotype
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Kolosov et al. 2009
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Palaeoniscidae indet. Vogt 1852
Kolosov et al. 2009
unclassified
Chondrostei indet. (Müller 1844)
Kolosov et al. 2009
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Kolosov et al. 2009
"At least four bivalve and gastropod species"
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Kolosov et al. 2009
"At least four bivalve and gastropod species"
Pteridopsida
Leiotriletes sp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Kolosov et al. 2009
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Klukisporites sp. Couper 1958
Kolosov et al. 2009
unclassified
Ginkgocycadophytus sp. Samoilovitch 1953
Kolosov et al. 2009
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus multesima
Kolosov et al. 2009
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinaceae indet. Rudolphi 1830
Kolosov et al. 2009
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824
Kolosov et al. 2009
Piceapollenites sp. Potonié
Kolosov et al. 2009
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Kolosov et al. 2009
Bryopsida
Stereisporites compactus
Kolosov et al. 2009
Stereisporites congregatus
Kolosov et al. 2009
Stereisporites sp. Pflug 1953
Kolosov et al. 2009
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella sp. Beauvois 1804
Kolosov et al. 2009
Selaginella velata
Kolosov et al. 2009
unclassified
Tripartina variabilis Maljavikina 1949
Kolosov et al. 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Sakha
Coordinates: 62.7° North, 117.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:66.5° North, 110.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:119 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian
Key time interval:Berriasian - Barremian
Age range of interval:145.00000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sangar Formation:Batylykh
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Sangar Series
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "composed of sand and calcareous sandstones"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: "lacustrine alluvial genesis...located on the lake-alluvial plain on the western coast of the Lena Sea, which occupied a large part of Eastern Siberia."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Collectors:Tolmachoff, Nessov, Skutchas, Schellhorn, Vitenko Collection dates:1904, 1988, 2002–2007, 2017–2018
Taxonomic list comments:Reptilia refers to "small-sized reptiles"; no further data given
Metadata
Also known as:Botomoiu River; Teete Creek; Kempendyay, Teteh
Database number:32313
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Carrano, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-06-23 06:59:35 Last modified:2023-11-14 15:49:08
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-23 06:59:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61585. I. P. Tolmachoff. 1904. Neue Funde zur Geologie Sibiriens [New discoveries about the geology of Siberia]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1904(1):233-234 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

66426 A. Averianov, T. Martin, A. Lopatin, P. Skutschas, R. Schellhorn, P. Kolosov, and D. D. Vitenko. 2018. A high-latitude fauna of mid-Mesozoic mammals from Yakutia, Russia. PLoS ONE 13(7):e0199983:1-17 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/O. Alfaro]
86461 A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2023. Dinosaurs of Russia: a review of the localities. Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences 93(4) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
72986 A. O. Averianov, T. Martin, A. V. Lopatin, P. P. Skutschas, R. Schellhorn, P. N. Kolosov, and D. D. Vitenko. 2020. A new euharamiyidan mammaliaform from the Lower Cretaceous of Yakutia, Russia. Scientific Reports e1762089:1-6 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
71292 A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas, R. Schellhorn, A. V. Lopatin, P. N. Kolosov, V. V. Kolchanov, D. D. Vitenko, D. V. Grigoriev, and T. Martin. 2019. The northernmost sauropod record in the Northern Hemisphere. Lethaia 53:362-368 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
8702 A. O. Averianov, A. V. Voronkevich, E. N. Maschenko, S. V. Leshchinskiy, and A. V. Fayngertz. 2002. A sauropod foot from the Early Cretaceous of western Siberia, Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(1):117-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41617 M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68933 R. A. Gangloff. 2012. Dinosaurs Under the Aurora ix-176 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
44155 P. N. Kolosov, G. V. Ivensen, T. E. Mikhailova, S. M. Kurzanov, M. B. Efimov and Y. M. Gubin. 2009. Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic Tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia). Paleontological Journal 43(2):201-207 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
8699 S. M. Kurzanov, M. B. Efimov, and Y. M. Gubin. 2003. New archosaurs from the Jurassic of Siberia and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 37(1):53-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29301ETE S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, P. M. Barrett and P. Upchurch. 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):367-407 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
16510ETE L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]
12945ETE T. H. Rich. 1996. Significance of polar dinosaurs in Gondwana. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(3):711-717 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54137 T. H. Rich, R. A. Gangloff, and W. R. Hammer. 1997. Polar dinosaurs. In P. J. Currie, K. Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 562-573 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]
14374ETE A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1973. The study of Cretaceous reptiles in Russia. Paleontological Journal 1973(2):90-99 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66438 P. P. Skutschas, V. V. Kolchanov, A. O. Averianov, T. Martin, R. Schellhorn, P. N. Kolosov, and D. D. Vitenko. 2018. A new relict stem salamander from the Early Cretaceous of Yakutia, Siberian Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
69724 P. P. Skutschas, V. D. Markova, V. V. Kolchanov, A. O. Averianov, T. Martin, R. Schellhorn, P. NKolosov, D. V. Grigoriev, D. D. Vitenko, E. MObraztsova, and I. G. Danilov. 2020. Basal turtle material from the Lower Cretaceous of Yakutia (Russia) filling the gap in the Asian record. Cretaceous Research 1-14 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
68327 K. B. Yuryev. 1954. Kratkiy obzor nakhodok dinozavrov na territorii SSSR [A brief reivew of dinosaur finds in the USSR]. Uchenyye Zapiski, Leningradskogo Ordena Lenina Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 181(38):183-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]