Rybushka Formation
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The Rybushka Formation is a Campanian geologic formation in the Penza and Saratov Oblasts of European Russia. Pterosaur, fish and invertebrate fossils have been recovered from the formation.[1][2]
| Rybushka Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Phosphorite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51.3°N 45.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 42.6°N 40.2°E |
| Region | Penza, Saratov |
| Country | Russia |
  Rybushka Formation (Russia) | |
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Amylodon karamysh
- Archaeolamna kopingensis
- Bogolubovia orientalis
- Bonnerichthys gladius[3]
- Cretalamna appendiculata
- C. cf. borealis
- C. cf. sarcoportheta
- Crassescyliorhinus germanicus[4]
- Enchodus gladiolus
- E. petrosus
- E. dirus
- Eostriatolamia segedini
- E. venusta
- Hesperornis rossicus[5]
- Ischyodus bifurcatus[6]
- Volgadraco bogolubovi
- Pseudocorax laevis[7]
- Protostega gigas
- Paralbula casei
- Squalicorax kaupi
- Squatina hassei
- Scyliorhinus elongatus
- Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
- Saurocephalus lanciformis[8]
- Archaeolamna sp.
- Anomotodon sp.
- Chlamys sp.
- Cederstroemia sp.
- cf. Dolichorhynchops sp.
- Edaphodon sp.
- Elasmodus sp.
- Eostriatolamia sp.
- Gryphaeostrea sp.
- Heterodontus sp.
- Monticulina sp.
- cf. Martinectes sp.
- Prognathodon sp.
- Pachyrhizodus sp.[9]
- Solariella sp.
- Squatirhina sp.
- Synechodus sp.
- Rhinobatos spp.
- Clidastes propython[10]
- Latoplatecarpus willistoni[11]
- Lepidenteron lewesiensis[12]
- Azhdarchidae indet.
- Chelospharginae indet.
- Elasmobranchii indet.
- Elasmosauridae indet.
- Enchodontidae indet.
- Hemiscylliidae indet.
- Halisaurinae indet.
- Hesperornithiformes indet.
- Mosasauridae indet.
- Osteichthyes indet.
- Plesiosauria indet.
- Polycotylidae indet.
- Plioplatecarpinae indet.
- Pteranodontidae indet.
- Squalidae indet.
- Testudinata indet.
- Tylosaurinae indet.
- ?Thoracosaurinae indet.