SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN

CHIMKENT DISTRICT

KARATAU RIDGE

IN THE CHAYAN AREA

NEAR MIKHAILOVKA

AULIE

INTERMONTAE LAKE

KARABASTAUIAN SUITE

KARABASTAU FORMATION

OXFORDIAN/KIMMERIDGIAN STAGE

LOWER-MIDDLE MALM EPOCH

LATE JURASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

Feather?

*Praeornis sharovi

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983

SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)

MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811

SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842

GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961

MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923

ORDER: LEPTOGLOSSA COPE, 1900

SUBORDER: ZONUROMORPHA ALIFANOV, 2000

INFRAORDER: ZONURIA FURBRINGER, 1900

Superfamily: CORDYLOIDEA Fritzinger, 1826

Family: PARAMACELLODIDAE Estes, 1983

*Sharovisaurus karatauensis

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: AVEMETATARSALIA BENTON, 1999

COHORT: PROLACERTIFORMES CAMP, 1945 NOVA

SUPERORDER: TAPINOPLATIA PETERS, 2000

GRANDORDER: CHARACIOPODA PETERS, 2000

MICRORDER: FENESTRASAURIA PETERS, 2000

ORDER: PTEROSAURIA KAUP, 1834

SUBORDER: RHAMPHORHYNCHOIDEA PLIENINGER, 1901

Family: ANUROGNATHIDAE Nopcsa, 1928

Subfamily; BATRACHOGNATHINAE Kellner, Wang, Tischlinger, Campos, Hone & Xi, 2009

*Batrachognathus volans

Family: DIMORPHODONTIDAE Seeley, 1870

*Sordes pilosus

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

Incertae sedis

*Karatausuchus sharvoi

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