Ilek Formation

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Coordinates: 55°54′N 88°00′E / 55.9°N 88.0°E / 55.9; 88.0
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Ilek Formation
Approximate paleocoordinates
54°12′N 84°36′E / 54.2°N 84.6°E / 54.2; 84.6
RegionWestern Siberia
Country Russia
Extent Kemerovo Oblast
Type section
Named byL. A. Ragozin
Year defined1935
Ilek Formation is located in Russia
Ilek Formation
Ilek Formation (Russia)
Ilek Formation is located in Kemerovo Oblast
Ilek Formation

The Ilek Formation is a

formation in Western Siberia. Many different fossils have been recovered from the formation. It overlies the Late Jurassic Tyazhin Formation and underlies the Albian Kiya Formation.[1]

The formation was described by L. A. Ragozin in 1935. It consists of sands with sandstone concretions, layers of silts, clays and marls.[2] Age of the formation, according to a crude 1962 estimate, is Valanginian(?) - Hauterivian - Barremian. Its thickness varies greatly, reaching 746 m in Teguldet borehole.[3] A more recent 2024 estimate based on invertebrate and vertebrate fossils placed the age of the formation at Barremian–Aptian.[4]

Age

View of Shestakovo 1 outcrops (upper left corner) from the Kiya River

The Ilek Formation conformably overlies the

ostracods. The age of the Shestakovo 1 locality is poorly constrained.[5]
angiosperm pollen has been found at this locality, indicating that it is older than the Albian.[6] The upper layers of the formation do contain angiosperm pollen, indicating that part of the formation may extend into the Albian. The overlying Kiya Formation is upper Albian based on plant biostratigraphy.[1]

Fauna

Amphibians

Amphibians
reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Kiyatriton leshchinskiyi[7]
  • Shestakovo 1
 Atlas, trunk vertebrae, fragmentary dentaries, femora, humerus, and nearly complete ilium A crown-group salamander
Kuzbassia sola[8]
  • Shestakovo 1
 Two atlantal centra and a trunk vertebral centrum A karaurid

Mammaliamorphs

Mammaliamorphs
reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Acinacodus tagaricus[9]
 Right dentary fragment An
amphidontid
mammal
Baidabatyr clivosus[10]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
 Upper premolar A
multituberculate
Gobiconodon hoburensis[11]
 21 upper and lower jaws. A
gobiconodont
Gobiconodon borissiaki[12]
 A fragmentary lower jaw A
gobiconodont
Kemchugia magna[13] A tooth An
amphilestid
mammal
Kiyatherium cardiodens[14] A maxilla A
zhangheotheriid
mammal
Xenocretosuchus sibiricus[15]
 Dental elements A
tritylodontid
mammaliamorph
Yermakia domitor[13]
  • Shestakovo 1
 A mandible A
tinodontid
mammal
Sibirotherium rossicum[16]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 4
 M1 tooth;[16] mandibular fragments[17] A docodontan mammaliaform

Choristoderes

Choristoderes
reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
cf. Khurendukhosaurus[18]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
 Dorsal vertebra, sacral vertebra A non-neochoristodere choristodere
"Shestakovo choristodere"[18]
  • Shestakovo
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
  • Bol'shaya Terekhtul' 2
 Fragmentary dentaries, several vertebrae, rib fragments A possible
neochoristodere
Choristodera indet.[18]
  • Smolenskii Yar
 Cervical centrum May represent a taxon distinct from both Khurendukhosaurus and the Shestakovo choristodere

Lizards

Lizards reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Paramacellodidae indet.[4]
  • Kemchug assemblage
  • Kiya assemblage
Platynota indet.[4]
  • Kemchug assemblage
Xenosauridae indet.[4]
  • Kemchug assemblage
  • Kiya assemblage
 A
knob-scaled lizard

Turtles

Turtles reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Kirgizemys A
macrobaenid

Crocodylomorphs

Crocodylomorphs
reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Kyasuchus saevi[19]
  • Shestakovo 3
 A partial skull A
crocodyliform
Tagarosuchus kulemzini[20]
  • Shestakovo 3
 Nearly complete skull A
crocodyliform

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Image
?Ctenochasmatidae indet.[13]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
cf. Lonchognathosaurus sp.[21]
  • Novochernorechensk
 Wing metacarpal fragment A
dsungaripterid
Ornithocheiridae indet.[22]
  • Shestakovo 1
Pterodactyloidea indet.[13]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3

Dinosaurs

Theropods reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Evgenavis nobilis[23]
 A set of limb elements A
confuciusornithiform
Mystiornis cyrili[24]
  • Shestakovo 1
 Isolated metatarsus An
enantiornithean
Paraves indet.[25] Teeth May belong to either
Microraptorinae or Troodontidae
Theropoda indet.[26]
  • Shestakovo 1
 Partial cervical vertebra A long-necked theropod, possibly similar to
therizinosauroids like Falcarius
Tyrannosauroidea indet.[25] Teeth
cf. Urbacodon sp.[25] Teeth A troodontid with unserrated teeth
Sauropodomorphs reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Lithostrotia indet.[27] Caudal vertebrae Potentially three distinct taxa of
titanosaur
Sibirotitan astrosacralis[5]
  • Shestakovo 1
  • Shestakovo 3[28]
 Vertebrae, sacrum, and pedal elements A
somphospondylan
sauropod
Ornithischians reported from the Ilek Formation
Taxon Locality Material Notes Images
Ornithischia indet.[4]
  • Shestakovo 1
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
 Isolated teeth Originally identified as two distinct "hypsilophodontid" taxa[29]
Psittacosaurus sibiricus[30]
  • Shestakovo
 Several skeletons A ceratopsian
Stegosauria indet.[13]
  • Bol'shoi Kemchug 3
 Isolated teeth[29]

See also

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