Sekmenevsk Formation

Sekmenevsk Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian-Cenomanian ~113–94  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Phosphate
Location
Coordinates	51°54′N36°12′E / 51.9°N 36.2°E / 51.9; 36.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	42°54′N32°42′E / 42.9°N 32.7°E / 42.9; 32.7
Region	Kursk Oblast
Country	Russia
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The Sekmenevsk Formation (Russian: Sekmenevska Svita) is a Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) geologic formation in the Kursk Oblast of European Russia. ^[1] Pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation: ^[1]

• Poekilopleuron schmidti ^[2]
• Reptilia indet. ^[2]

See also

• List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Russia
  • Melovatka Formation

References

1. Sekmenevsk Formation in the Paleobiology Database
2. Kiprianow, 1883

Bibliography

• Kiprianow, W (1883), "Studien über die Fossilen Reptilien Russlands. IV. Theil. Ordnung Crocodilina Oppel. Indeterminirte Fossile Reptilien - Studies on Russian fossil reptiles. Part IV. Order Crocodilina Oppel. Indeterminate fossil reptiles", Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg , VIIe série, 31: 1–29