The Rybushka Formation is a
Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campanian s ...
geologic
formation
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* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
in the
Penza
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Saratov Oblast
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s of European
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.
Pterosaur
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, fish and invertebrate fossils have been recovered from the formation.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
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Amylodon karamysh''
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Archaeolamna kopingensis''
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Bogolubovia orientalis''
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Cretolamna appendiculata''
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Ischyodus bifurcatus''
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Volgadraco bogolubovi
''Volgadraco'' ("Volga River dragon") is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of European Russia. ''Volgadraco'' was originally classified as an azhdarchid. However, recent studies have concluded that it may belong to ei ...
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Pseudocorax laevis''
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Squalicorax kaupi''
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Squatina hasei''
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Chalmys sp.''
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Edaphodon sp.''
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Elasmodus sp.''
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Eostriatolamia sp.''
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Gryphaeostrea sp.''
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Heterodontus sp.''
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Monticulina sp.''
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Prognathodon sp.''
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Solariella sp.''
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Squatirhina sp.''
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?Clidastes sp.''
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Chelospharginae indet.
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Elasmobranchii indet.
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Elasmosauridae indet.
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Enchodontidae indet.
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Mosasauridae indet.
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Plesiosauria indet.
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Polycotylidae indet.
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Testudinata indet.
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?Thoracosaurinae indet.
See also
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List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
This is a list of stratigraphic units, where pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).
See also
* Pterosaur
* List of fossil sites
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References
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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
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
Geologic formations of Russia
Upper Cretaceous Series of Europe
Cretaceous Russia
Campanian Stage
Sandstone formations
Phosphorite formations
Shallow marine deposits
Paleontology in Russia