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Salarevo Formation

Salarevo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Permian, ~264.28–256.8 Ma
The geological outcrop of Sukhona River where fossils are discovered
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate
Location
Coordinates61°12′N 46°36′E / 61.2°N 46.6°E / 61.2; 46.6
Approximate paleocoordinates39°42′N 46°54′E / 39.7°N 46.9°E / 39.7; 46.9
RegionArkhangelsk Oblast
Vologda Oblast
CountryRussia
ExtentSevernaya Dvina basin
Salarevo Formation is located in Russia
Salarevo Formation
Salarevo Formation (Russia)
Salarevo Formation is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Salarevo Formation
Salarevo Formation (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

The Salvero Formation is a geological formation located in Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast of Western Russia.[1] Fossils of the Sokolki Assemblage Zone have been found recovered from this formation, including those of pareiasaurs, dicynodonts, gorgonopsians, and therocephalians.[2]

Paleofauna

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Amphibians

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Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Amphibians of the Salarevo Formation
Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Dvinosaurus[3] D. primus Zavrazhye and Sokolki Upper A partial skeleton A temnospondyl

Synapsids

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Synapsids of the Salarevo Formation
Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Annatherapsidus[4] A. petri Sokolki Upper A skull A therocephalian
Dvinia D. prima Sokolki Upper A partial skull (an anterior half of the skull without the lower jaw) A cynodont
Elph[5] E. borealis Sokolki and Zavrazhy Upper A partial skull missing part of the premaxilla, zygomatic arches, right quadrate, and postdentary part of mandible A dicynodont
Inostrancevia[6] I. alexandri Sokolki Upper A skeleton A gorgonopsid
I. latifrons Sokolki and Zavrazhye Upper A skull
Peramodon[7] P. amalitzkii Sokolki Upper A partial skeleton A dicynodont
Pravoslavlevia[8] P. parva Sokolki Upper A skull A gorgonopsid
Vivaxosaurus[9] V. trautscholdi Sokolki and Zavrazhye Upper A skull A dicynodont

Sauropsids

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Sauropsids of the Salarevo Formation
Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Obirkovia[10] O. gladiator Obirkovo Upper A partial skull A pareiasaur
Scutosaurus[11] S. karpinskii Sokolki Upper A fully preserved skeleton A large pareiasaur

Other reptiliomorphs

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Non-amniote reptiliomorphs of the Salarevo Formation
Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Chroniosuchus C. vjuschkovi Zavrazhye Upper Specimen A reptiliomorph of uncertain affinities
Karpinskiosaurus K. secundus Sokolki Upper A skeleton A seymouriamorph
Kotlassia[12] K. prima Sokolki Upper A complete skeleton with one additional skull A kotlassiid seymouriamorph

References

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  1. Yakimenko, E. & Targul’yan, V. & Chumakov, Nikolay & Arefev, M. & Inozemtsev, Svyatoslav. (2000). Paleosols in Upper Permian sedimentary rocks, Sukhona River (Severnaya Dvina basin). Lithology and Mineral Resources - LITHOL MINER RESOUR. 35. 331-344. 10.1007/BF02782689.
  2. Golubev, Valeriy K. (2000). "The Faunal Assemblages of Permian Terrestrial Vertebrates of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 34 (S2): S211–S224.
  3. Sushkin, P.P. (1936). "Notes on the pre-Jurassic tetrapods from USSR. III. Dvinosaurus amalitzki, a perennibranchiate stegocephalian from the Upper Permian of North Dvina". Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleozoologicheskogo Instituta.
  4. Amalitzky, V.P. (1927). "The Northern Dvina therocephal Anna petro gen. et. sp. nov". Dvinskie raskopki prof. V.P. Amalitskogo (Northern Dvina Excavations of Prof. V.P. Amalitzky). 5.
  5. Angielczyk, K.D.; Kurkin, A.A. (2003). "Phylogenetic analysis of Russian Permian dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia): implications for Permian biostratigraphy and Pangaean biogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139 (2): 157–212. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00081.x.
  6. Amalitzky, Vladimir (1922). "Diagnoses of the new forms of vertebrates and plants from the Upper Permian on North Dvina". Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie. 16 (6): 329–340.
  7. Kammerer, C.F.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Fröbisch, J. (2011). "A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (Suppl. 1): 1–158. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31S...1K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074. S2CID 84987497.
  8. Kammerer, Christian F. & Masyutin, Vladimir (2018). "Gorgonopsian therapsids (Nochnitsa gen. nov. and Viatkogorgon) from the Permian Kotelnich locality of Russia". PeerJ. 6 e4954. doi:10.7717/peerj.4954. PMC 5995105.
  9. Kurkin, A.A. (2012). "Dicynodontids of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 46 (2): 187–198. doi:10.1134/S003103011201008X. S2CID 84619486.
  10. Bulanov, V. V.; Yashina, O. V. (2005). "Elginiid Pareiasaurs of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 39 (4): 428–432.
  11. Amalitskii, V. P. (1922). "Diagnoses of the new forms of vertebrates and plants from the Upper Permian on North Dvina" (PDF). Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. 6 (16): 329–335.
  12. Amalitsky, Vladimir (1921). "Seymouridae". Dvinskie Raskopki Prof. V.P. Amalitskogo (Northern Dvina Excavations of Prof. V.P. Amalitzky) (2): 1–14.