Also known as SSHD-8 Sheikdzheili

Where: Uzbekistan (40.1° N, 65.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 60.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khodzhakul Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• upper part of the formation - redeposited into late Paleocene beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. A. Nessov. 1985. Redkie kostnye ryby, nazemiye yashcheritsy i mlekopitayushchie zony limanov i primorskikh nizmennostey mela Kyzylkumov [Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous]. Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association 28:199-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 64684: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 12.09.2006, edited by Emmanuel Fara, John Alroy and Roger Benson