| Rybushka Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~  | |
| Type | Geological formation | 
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone | 
| Other | Phosphorite | 
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°18′N 45°00′E / 51.3°N 45.0°E | 
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 42°36′N 40°12′E / 42.6°N 40.2°E | 
| Region | Penza, Saratov | 
| Country | |
![]() 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
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Amylodon karamysh
 - Archaeolamna kopingensis
 - Bogolubovia orientalis
 - 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.
 - Chelospharginae indet.
 - Elasmobranchii indet.
 - Elasmosauridae indet.
 - Enchodontidae indet.
 - Mosasauridae indet.
 - Plesiosauria indet.
 - Polycotylidae indet.
 - Testudinata indet.
 - ?Thoracosaurinae indet.
 
See also
References
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert M.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Spielmann, Justin A. (2011-01-01). Fossil Record 3: Bulletin 53. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
 - ↑ Averianov, Alexander (2014-08-11). "Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria)". ZooKeys (432): 1–107. doi:10.3897/zookeys.432.7913. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 4141157. PMID 25152671.
 
Further reading
- 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
 
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