Ilek Formation

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Ilek Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous,
BarremianAptian
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Shestakovo 1 locality
Type Geological formation
Unit of Kiya River Basin
Underlies Kiya Formation
Overlies Tyazhin Formation
ThicknessUp to 746 metres (2,450 ft)
Lithology
Primary Clay, siltstone
Other Marl, sandstone
Location
Coordinates 55°54′N88°00′E / 55.9°N 88.0°E / 55.9; 88.0
Approximate paleocoordinates 54°12′N84°36′E / 54.2°N 84.6°E / 54.2; 84.6
RegionWestern Siberia
Country Russia
Extent Kemerovo Oblast
Type section
Named byL. A. Ragozin
Year defined1935
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Ilek Formation (Russia)
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Ilek Formation (Kemerovo Oblast)

The Ilek Formation is a Lower Cretaceous geologic formation in Western Siberia. Many different fossils have been recovered from the formation. It overlies the Late Jurassic Tyazhin Formation and underlies the Albian Kiya Formation. [1]

Contents

The formation was described by L. A. Ragozin in 1935. It consists of sands with sandstone concretions, layers of silts, clays and marls. [2] Age of the formation, according to a crude 1962 estimate, is Valanginian(?) - Hauterivian - Barremian. Its thickness varies greatly, reaching 746 m in Teguldet borehole. [3] A more recent 2024 estimate based on invertebrate and vertebrate fossils placed the age of the formation at Barremian–Aptian. [4]

Age

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Shestakovo 3 locality

The Ilek Formation conformably overlies the Upper Jurassic Tyazhin Formation. [1] Gastropods and bivalves of Valanginian age have been recovered from the lower part of the formation, and gastropods and bivalves of Hauterivian to Barremian age have been found in the upper part, as well as Barremian ostracods. The age of the Shestakovo 1 locality is poorly constrained. [5] Palynological samples from the Shestakovo 3 locality are characteristic of the Aptian. No angiosperm pollen has been found at this locality, indicating that it is older than the Albian. [6] The upper layers of the formation do contain angiosperm pollen, indicating that part of the formation may extend into the Albian. The overlying Kiya Formation is upper Albian based on plant biostratigraphy. [1]

Fauna

Amphibians

Amphibians reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Kiyatriton K. leshchinskiyi [7]
  • Shestakovo 1
Atlas, trunk vertebrae, fragmentary dentaries, femora, humerus, and nearly complete iliumA crown-group salamander
Kuzbassia K. sola [8]
  • Shestakovo 1
Two atlantal centra and a trunk vertebral centrumA karaurid

Mammaliamorphs

Mammaliamorphs reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Acinacodus A. tagaricus [9] Right dentary fragmentAn amphidontid mammal
Baidabatyr B. clivosus [10]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
Upper premolarA multituberculate
Gobiconodon G. borissiaki [11] 21 upper and lower jaws.A gobiconodont
G. hoburensis [12] A fragmentary lower jaw.
Kemchugia K. magna [13] A toothAn amphilestid mammal
Kiyatherium K. cardiodens [14] A maxillaA zhangheotheriid mammal
Sibirotherium S. rossicum [15]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 4
M1 tooth; [15] mandibular fragments [16] A docodontan mammaliaform
Xenocretosuchus X. sibiricus [17] Dental elementsA tritylodontid mammaliamorph
Yermakia Y. domitor [13]
  • Shestakovo 1
A mandibleA tinodontid mammal

Choristoderes

Choristoderes reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
cf. Khurendukhosaurus [18] K. cf. sp
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
Dorsal vertebra, sacral vertebraA non-neochoristodere choristodere
"Shestakovo choristodere" [18]
  • Shestakovo
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
  • Bol'shaya Terekhtul' 2
Fragmentary dentaries, several vertebrae, rib fragmentsA possible neochoristodere
Choristodera [18] Indeterminate
  • Smolenskii Yar
Cervical centrumMay represent a taxon distinct from both Khurendukhosaurus and the "Shestakovo choristodere"

Lizards

Lizards reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Paramacellodidae Indeterminate [4]
  • Kemchug assemblage
  • Kiya assemblage
Platynota Indeterminate [4]
  • Kemchug assemblage
Xenosauridae Indeterminate [4]
  • Kemchug assemblage
  • Kiya assemblage
A knob-scaled lizard

Turtles

Turtles reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Kirgizemys A macrobaenid

Crocodylomorphs

Crocodylomorphs reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Kyasuchus K. saevi [19]
  • Shestakovo 3
A partial skullA shartegosuchid crocodyliform
Tagarosuchus T. kulemzini [20]
  • Shestakovo 3
Nearly complete skullA crocodyliform

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImage
?Ctenochasmatidae Indeterminate [13]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
Lonchognathosaurus L. cf. sp. [21]
  • Novochernorechensk
Wing metacarpal fragmentA dsungaripterid
Ornithocheiridae Indeterminate [22]
  • Shestakovo 1
Pterodactyloidea Indeterminate [13]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3

Dinosaurs

Sauropodomorphs

Sauropodomorphs reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Lithostrotia Indeterminate [23] Caudal vertebraePotentially three distinct taxa of titanosaur
Sibirotitan S. astrosacralis [5]
  • Shestakovo 1
  • Shestakovo 3 [24]
Vertebrae, sacrum, and pedal elementsA somphospondylan sauropod
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Ornithischians

Ornithischians reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Ornithischia Indeterminate [4]
  • Shestakovo 1
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
Isolated teethOriginally identified as two distinct "hypsilophodontid" taxa [25]
Psittacosaurus P. sibiricus [26]
  • Shestakovo
Several skeletonsA ceratopsian
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Stegosauria Indeterminate [13]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
Isolated teeth [25]

Theropods

Theropods reported from the Ilek Formation
GenusSpeciesLocalityMaterialNotesImages
Evgenavis E. nobilis [27] A set of limb elementsA confuciusornithiform
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Kiyacursor K. longipes [28]
  • Shestakovo 1
Partial skeleton including cervical and caudal vertebrae, cervical and dorsal ribs, a left scapulocoracoid, humeri, and much of both hind limbs [28] A noasaurid theropod
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Paraves Indeterminate [29] TeethMay belong to either Microraptorinae or Troodontidae
Mystiornis M. cyrili [30]
  • Shestakovo 1
Isolated metatarsusAn avisaurid enantiornithean
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Paraves Indeterminate [29] TeethMay belong to either Microraptorinae or Troodontidae
Tyrannosauroidea Indeterminate [29] Teeth
Urbacodon U. cf. sp. [29] TeethA troodontid with unserrated teeth

See also

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