Rybushka Formation
| 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 | 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
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Amylodon karamysh
- Archaeolamna kopingensis
- Bogolubovia orientalis
- Bonnerichthys gladius[3]
- Cretalamna appendiculata
- C. cf. borealis
- C. cf. sarcoportheta
- Crassescyliorhinus germanicus[4]
- Enchodus gladiolus
- E. petrosus
- E. dirus
- Eostriatolamia segedini
- E. venusta
- Hesperornis rossicus[5]
- Ischyodus bifurcatus[6]
- Volgadraco bogolubovi
- Pseudocorax laevis[7]
- Protostega gigas
- Paralbula casei[8]
- Squalicorax kaupi
- Squatina hassei
- Scyliorhinus elongatus
- Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
- Saurocephalus lanciformis[9]
- Archaeolamna sp.
- Anomotodon sp.
- Chlamys sp.
- Cederstroemia sp.
- cf. Dolichorhynchops sp.
- Edaphodon sp.
- Elasmodus sp.
- Eostriatolamia sp.
- Gryphaeostrea sp.
- Heterodontus sp.
- Monticulina sp.
- cf. Martinectes sp.
- Prognathodon sp.
- Pachyrhizodus sp.
- Solariella sp.
- Squatirhina sp.
- Synechodus sp.
- Rhinobatos spp.
- Clidastes propython[10]
- Latoplatecarpus willistoni[11]
- Lepidenteron lewesiensis[12]
- Chelospharginae indet.
- Elasmobranchii indet.
- Elasmosauridae indet.
- Enchodontidae indet.
- Hemiscylliidae indet.
- Mosasauridae indet.
- Plesiosauria indet.
- Polycotylidae indet.
- Pteranodontidae indet.
- Squalidae 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. Bibcode:2014ZooK..432....1A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.432.7913. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 4141157. PMID 25152671.
- ^ Kanarkina, A.; Zverkov, Nikolay G.; Popov, Evgeny V. (2025). "The first record of the pachycormid fish Bonnerichthys in Eurasia marks a global distribution of Late Cretaceous suspension-feeding giants". Journal of Palaeogeography. 14 (3). 100255. doi:10.1016/j.jop.2025.100255.
- ^ https://www.paleo.ru/upload/iblock/4ed/6jsb5wyqt65bcjkxvi3i77sbc4mb46b4.pdf
- ^ panteleev_et_al2004-cmp-hesperornis-saratov.pdf http://cretaceous.ru/files/pub/people/popov/panteleev_et_al2004-cmp-hesperornis-saratov.pdf
- ^ (PDF) MARINE FISHES (CHONDRICHTHYES, HOLOCEPHALI, ACTINOPTERYGII) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) RYBUSHKA FORMATION NEAR BELOE OZERO, SARATOV OBLAST, RUSSIA https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359625149_MARINE_FISHES_CHONDRICHTHYES_HOLOCEPHALI_ACTINOPTERYGII_FROM_THE_UPPER_CRETACEOUS_CAMPANIAN_RYBUSHKA_FORMATION_NEAR_BELOE_OZERO_SARATOV_OBLAST_RUSSIA
- ^ RYBUSHKA, Russia https://www.mindat.org/paleo_strat.php?id=14459
- ^ MARINE FISHES (CHONDRICHTHYES, HOLOCEPHALI, ACTINOPTERYGII) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) RYBUSHKA FORMATION NEAR BELOE OZERO, SARATOV OBLAST, RUSSIA | RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/16954
- ^ -Teleost remains from the Beloe Ozero locality in the Saratov Oblast,... | Download Scientific Diagram https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Teleost-remains-from-the-Beloe-Ozero-locality-in-the-Saratov-Oblast-Russia-A-B-MMO-1-No_fig4_359625149
- ^ grigorevidr.pdf http://cretaceous.ru/files/pub/temp3/grigorevidr.pdf
- ^ Grigoriev, D. V.; Arkhangelsky, M. S.; Zverkov, N. G.; Gubarev, D. I. (2025). "First record of a rare plioplatecarpine mosasaur Latoplatecarpus in Europe as further evidence of a semi-global Campanian marine vertebrate fauna". Cretaceous Research. 106102. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106102.
- ^ 6jsb5wyqt65bcjkxvi3i77sbc4mb46b4.pdf https://www.paleo.ru/upload/iblock/4ed/6jsb5wyqt65bcjkxvi3i77sbc4mb46b4.pdf
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