Rybushka Formation

Rybushka Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~84–71 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Phosphorite
Location
Coordinates	51°18′N 45°00′E / 51.3°N 45.0°E / 51.3; 45.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	42°36′N 40°12′E / 42.6°N 40.2°E / 42.6; 40.2
Region	Penza, Saratov
Country	Russia
Rybushka Formation (Russia)

The Rybushka Formation is a upper Campanian geologic formation in the Penza and Saratov Oblasts of European Russia. The largest location of fossils is located near the village of Malaya Serdoba in the Penza region.

This formation is one of the largest in Europe in terms of its abundance of marine reptile and pterosaur remains, and the largest marine formation in Russia. One of the formation's unique features is the discovery of many species of fish, sharks, and marine reptiles previously known only from specific regions, such as North America and Western Europe. Pterosaur, fish and invertebrate fossils have been recovered from the formation.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

See also

• List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units

References

Further reading

• M. S. Arkhangelsky, A. O. Averianov, and E. M. Pervushov. 2007. Short-necked plesiosaurs of the Family Polycotylidae from the Campanian of the Saratov Region. Paleontological Journal 41(6):656-660
• A. V. Averianov and E. V. Popov. 2014. A pterosaurian vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous of the Saratov Region. Paleontological Journal 48(3):326-329
• A. O. Averianov, M. S. Arkhangelsky, and E. M. Pervushov. 2008. A new Late Cretaceous azhdarchid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Volga region. Paleontological Journal 42(6):634-642
• A. O. Averianov. 2007. New records of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):189-197
• N. N. Bogoliubow. 1914. O ozvonkye pterodaktilya iz verkhnemelovykh otlozheniy Saratovskoy gubernii [A pterodactyl vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous deposits of Saratov province]. Ezhegodnikie po Geologii i Mineralogii Rossii/Annuaire Géologique et Minéralogique de la Russie 16(1):1-7