PBDB Collection

Teete (PIN Loc. 4874) (Cretaceous to of Russian Federation)

Also known as Botomoiu River; Teete Creek; Kempendyay, Teteh

Where: Sakha, Russian Federation (62.7° N, 117.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 64.0° N, 105.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Batylykh Formation (Sangar Group), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 125.0 Ma)

• Sangar Series

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; calcareous sandstone

• "lacustrine alluvial genesis...located on the lake-alluvial plain on the western coast of the Lena Sea, which occupied a large part of Eastern Siberia."

• "composed of sand and calcareous sandstones"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Tolmachoff, Nessov, Skutchas, Schellhorn, Vitenko in 1904, 1988, 2002–2007, 2017–2018; reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: I. P. Tolmachoff. 1904. Neue Funde zur Geologie Sibiriens [New discoveries about the geology of Siberia]. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1904(1):233-234 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32313: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.06.2003, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• Reptilia refers to "small-sized reptiles"; no further data given

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unclassified
-	Ophyoglossum sp.⁶, cf. Ophyoglossum sp.⁶ Ophyoglossum sp.⁶ cf. Ophyoglossum sp.⁶
Osteichthyes
Chondrostei -	Chondrostei indet.⁶ Chondrostei indet.⁶ ray-finned fish
Amphibia
Salientia -	Anura indet.⁶ Anura indet.⁶ frog
Caudata -	Caudata indet.⁶, Kulgeriherpeton ultimus n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Caudata indet.⁶ salamander Kulgeriherpeton ultimus n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Skutschas et al. 2018 salamander ZIN PH 3/246 - holotype
Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet.⁷ Reptilia indet.⁷ Laurenti 1768 reptile
Choristodera -	Choristodera indet.¹¹ Choristodera indet.¹¹ Cope 1876 choristodere
Theropoda -	Theropoda indet.⁵, Coelurosauria indet.⁷ Theropoda indet.⁵ Marsh 1881 theropod PIN 4874/2 Coelurosauria indet.⁷ coelurosaur PIN 4874/3
Saurischia -	Macronaria indet.⁴ Macronaria indet.⁴ Sereno 1997 sauropod PIN 4874/7
Ornithischia -	Ornithischia indet.¹, Ornithopoda indet.¹, Ankylosauria indet.⁸ Ornithischia indet.¹ Seeley 1888 ornithischian Ornithopoda indet.¹ Marsh 1881 ornithopod Ankylosauria indet.⁸ ankylosaur PIN 4874/5
Testudinata -	Mesochelydia indet.¹⁰ Mesochelydia indet.¹⁰ Joyce 2017 turtle basisphenoid ZIN PH 1/249, and additional shell and skeleton fragments
Squamata -	Lacertilia indet.⁶ Lacertilia indet.⁶ Owen 1842 lizard
Osteichthyes
Therapsida - Tritylodontidae	Xenocretosuchus kolossovi⁶ Xenocretosuchus kolossovi⁶ Lopatin and Agadjanian 2008 cynodont
Mammalia
Eutriconodonta -	Sangarotherium aquilonium n. gen. n. sp.² Sangarotherium aquilonium n. gen. n. sp.² Averianov et al. 2018 mammal PIN 5614/3 - holotype
Allotheria -	Cryoharamiya tarda n. gen. n. sp.³ Cryoharamiya tarda n. gen. n. sp.³ Averianov et al. 2020 mammal PIN 5614/4
Osteichthyes
Cynodontia -	Docodonta indet.² Docodonta indet.² Kretzoi 1946 dodocont PIN 5614/7
Docodonta - Tegotheriidae	Khorotherium yakutensis n. gen. n. sp.² Khorotherium yakutensis n. gen. n. sp.² Averianov et al. 2018 dodocont PIN 5614/1 - holotype
Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae	Palaeoniscidae indet.⁶ Palaeoniscidae indet.⁶ Vogt 1852
Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet.⁶ Bivalvia indet.⁶ Linnaeus 1758 clam "At least four bivalve and gastropod species"
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet.⁶ Gastropoda indet.⁶ Cuvier 1795 snail "At least four bivalve and gastropod species"
Bryopsida
-	Stereisporites compactus⁶, Stereisporites congregatus⁶, Stereisporites sp.⁶ Stereisporites compactus⁶ Stereisporites congregatus⁶ Stereisporites sp.⁶ Pflug 1953
Ginkgocycadophytus
-	Ginkgocycadophytus sp.⁶ Ginkgocycadophytus sp.⁶ Samoilovitch 1953
Tripartina variabilis
-	Tripartina variabilis⁶ Tripartina variabilis⁶ Maljavikina 1949
Pteridopsida
-	Leiotriletes sp.⁶ Leiotriletes sp.⁶ Potonie and Kremp 1954
Polypodiopsida
Schizaeales - Polypodiidae	Klukisporites sp.⁶ Klukisporites sp.⁶ Couper 1958
Pinopsida
Pinales - Pinaceae	Pinaceae indet.⁶, Pinus sp.⁶, Piceapollenites sp.⁶, Picea sp.⁶ Pinaceae indet.⁶ Rudolphi 1830 Pinus sp.⁶ Linnaeus 1753 pine Piceapollenites sp.⁶ Potonié Picea sp.⁶ Dietrich 1824 spruce

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae	Podocarpus multesima⁶ Podocarpus multesima⁶ podocarp
Lycopodiopsida
Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae	Selaginella sp.⁶, Selaginella velata⁶ Selaginella sp.⁶ Beauvois 1804 spikemoss Selaginella velata⁶ spikemoss

¹Averianov and Lopatin 2023; ²Averianov et al. 2018; ³Averianov et al. 2020; ⁴Averianov et al. 2019; ⁵Carrano et al. 2012; ⁶Kolosov et al. 2009; ⁷Kurzanov et al. 2003; ⁸Maidment et al. 2008; ⁹Skutschas et al. 2018; ¹⁰Skutschas et al. 2020; ¹¹Skutschas and Vitenko 2017