Bukobay Svita
| Bukobay Svita | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ladinian ~ | |
| File:Mastodonsaurus3.jpg "Mastodonsaurus" torvus, an index fossil of the Bukobay Svita / Gorizont | |
| Type | Stratigraphic Formation |
| Overlies | Donguz Svita |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, siltstone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
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| Region | Orenburg, Bashkortostan |
| Country | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
Bukobay Svita (Russia) | |
The Bukobay Svita (also anglicized as Bukobay or Bukobai Formation) is a Middle Triassic geological unit in Russia.[1][2][3] It is composed primarily of red or grey lacustrine sediments, reconstructing a humid and marshy depositional environment. Bukobay is the youngest section of a Triassic terrestrial succession exposed south of the Ural Mountains. It is equivalent to a biostratigraphic unit, the Bukobay Gorizont, which is also called the "Bukobay Horizon" or "Mastodonsaurus" fauna).
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]Notable components of the Bukobay fauna include "Mastodonsaurus" torvus (a giant capitosaur amphibian), Malutinisuchus gratus and Energosuchus garjainovi, the insect Mesoneta uralensis, Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi (a large dicynodont), and Chalishevia cothurnata (the youngest known erythrosuchid). Temnospondyls include Bukobaja enigmatica, Cyclotosaurus, Plagioscutum caspiense and Plagiorophus paraboliceps, with Ceratodus orenburgensis and C. bucobaensis as fish. The flora is also diverse, including Equisetites arenaceus (a species of giant horsetails) and Ladinian-age palynomorphs.[4][5]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Triassic land vertebrate faunachrons
- Erfurt Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Germany
- Wetterstein Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Alps
- Omingonde Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Namibia
- Santa Maria Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Brazil
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bukobay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bukobai Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bukobaiskaya Suite at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003
- ^ Tverdokhlebov et al., 2020
Bibliography
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- I. A. Dobruskina. 1982. Triassic Floras of Eurasia. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Transactions 365:1-196