Karabastau Svita

Karabastau Svita Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic (Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian)
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Asia
Country	Kazakhstan

The Karabastau Svita is a geological formation in Kazakhastan whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic. Pterosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Paleofauna

Vertebrates

Genus	Species	County	Member	Abundance	Notes	Images
Batrachognathus	B. volans				An Anurognathid Pterosaur.
Karatausuchus	K. sharovi				An Atoposaurid Crocodylomorph.
Karaurus	K. sharovi				One of the earliest salamanders.
Sordes	S. pilosus				A Rhamphorhynchid Pterosaur.

Invertebrates

Genus	Species	County	Member	Abundance	Notes	Images
Auliepterix	A. mirabilis				A Micropterygid moth.
Omma [2]	O. aberatum, O. jurassicum, O. pilosum				Ommatid beetles
Palaeolepidopterix	P. aurea				A Micropterygid or Eolepidopterigid moth.

See also

• List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kazakhstan

References

1. Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.
2. Tan, Jingjing; Wang, Yongjie; Ren, Dong; Yang, Xingke (2012). "New fossil species of ommatids (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Mesozoic of China illuminating the phylogeny of Ommatidae". BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012 (12): 113. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-113.