Rybushka Formation
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| Rybushka Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Phosphorite |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Penza, Saratov |
| Country | Russia |
  Rybushka Formation (Russia) | |
The Rybushka Formation is a Campanian geologic formation in the Penza and Saratov Oblasts of European Russia. Pterosaur, fish and invertebrate fossils have been recovered from the formation.[1][2]
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Amylodon karamysh
- Archaeolamna kopingensis
- Bogolubovia orientalis
- Bonnerichthys gladius[3]
- Cretolamna appendiculata
- Ischyodus bifurcatus
- Volgadraco bogolubovi
- Pseudocorax laevis
- Squalicorax kaupi
- Squatina hasei
- Chalmys sp.
- Edaphodon sp.
- Elasmodus sp.
- Eostriatolamia sp.
- Gryphaeostrea sp.
- Heterodontus sp.
- Monticulina sp.
- Prognathodon sp.
- Solariella sp.
- Squatirhina sp.
- ?Clidastes sp.
- Latoplatecarpus willistoni[4]
- Chelospharginae indet.
- Elasmobranchii indet.
- Elasmosauridae indet.
- Enchodontidae indet.
- Mosasauridae indet.
- Plesiosauria indet.
- Polycotylidae indet.
- Testudinata indet.
- ?Thoracosaurinae indet.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- M. S. Arkhangelsky, A. O. Averianov, and E. M. Pervushov. 2007. Short-necked plesiosaurs of the Family Polycotylidae from the Campanian of the Saratov Region. Paleontological Journal 41(6):656-660
- A. V. Averianov and E. V. Popov. 2014. A pterosaurian vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous of the Saratov Region. Paleontological Journal 48(3):326-329
- A. O. Averianov, M. S. Arkhangelsky, and E. M. Pervushov. 2008. A new Late Cretaceous azhdarchid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Volga region. Paleontological Journal 42(6):634-642
- A. O. Averianov. 2007. New records of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):189-197
- N. N. Bogoliubow. 1914. O ozvonkye pterodaktilya iz verkhnemelovykh otlozheniy Saratovskoy gubernii [A pterodactyl vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous deposits of Saratov province]. Ezhegodnikie po Geologii i Mineralogii Rossii/Annuaire Géologique et Minéralogique de la Russie 16(1):1-7