Moskvoretskaya Formation

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Moskvoretskaya Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
~168–167  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Sub-unitsMeshchera Member
Underlies Callovian and Oxfordian marine claystones
OverliesUnconformably (about 150 Ma) overlying and infilling
Middle Carboniferous limestone
Area Kolomensky District, Moscow Oblast
ThicknessVariable
Lithology
Primary Claystone, siltstone
Other Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 55°12′N38°48′E / 55.2°N 38.8°E / 55.2; 38.8
Approximate paleocoordinates 48°48′N41°12′E / 48.8°N 41.2°E / 48.8; 41.2
Region Moscow
CountryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
ExtentLocalized in karstified limestones
Type section
Named for Moskva River
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Moskvoretskaya Formation (Russia)
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Moskvoretskaya Formation (Moscow Oblast)

The Moskvoretskaya Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Bathonian stage) geologic formation in the European part of Russia. It consists of continental claystones, siltstones and sandstones deposited in karstified segments of underlying Middle Carboniferous limestone, that would have formed underground aquifers.

Contents

The formation is divided up into two members, the lower consists of dark clays to silts and is highly fossiliferous, while the upper member is sandy and lean in fossil content. [1]

The remains of indeterminate tetanuran dinosaurs are known from the formation. As are fossil flora, fish and abundant remains of the turtle Heckerochelys romani , [2] and various other fossils. [3]

Fossil content

Amphibians

Amphibians
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotes
Urodela Gen. et sp. indet.Peski locality. [4] A fragmentary trunk vertebra. [4] A crown salamander.

Reptiles

Turtles

Turtles
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotes
Heckerochelys H. romani Moscow KolomnaA stem turtle belonging to Mesochelydia. [2]

Crocodyliforms

Neosuchians
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotes
Neosuchia Gen. et sp. indet. Moscow KolomnaVertebrae, teeth, dentary fragment [1]

Lepidosauromorpha

Lepidosauromorpha
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotes
Lepidosauromorpha IndeterminatePeskiLeft maxillaPreviously referred to the choristodere Cteniogenys . Similar to Marmoretta and Fraxinisaura. [5]

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotes
Tetanurae Gen. et sp. indet.Includes a partial skull, tooths and postcranial elementsFormerly referred to Richardoestesia and Coelurosauria [1] [6]

Therapsids

Therapsids
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotes
Morganucodontidae?Gen. et sp. indet.Femur [7]

Fish

Flora

Other

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Pashschenko et al., 2018
  2. 1 2 Sukhanov, 2006
  3. Moskvoretskaya Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. 1 2 Skutschas, Pavel P.; Kolchanov, Veniamin V.; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Syromyatnikova, Elena V. (2022-10-19). "Discovery of a crown salamander in the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Moskvoretskaya formation of the Moscow Region, Russia". Historical Biology. 35 (11): 2123–2126. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2133605. ISSN   0891-2963. S2CID   253036062.
  5. Skutschas, Pavel P.; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Syromyatnikova, Elena V.; Vitenko, Dmitriy D.; Parakhin, Igor A.; Bapinaev, Roman A.; Evans, Susan E. (2021-06-09). "A lepidosauromorph specimen from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Moskvoretskaya Formation of the Moscow Region, Russia". Historical Biology. 34 (3): 566–570. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1935921. ISSN   0891-2963. S2CID   236282947.
  6. Alifanov & Sennikov, 2001
  7. Lopatin & Averianov, 2006

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