The Moskvoretskaya Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Bathonian stage) geologic formation in the European part of Russia. It consists of continental claystones, siltstones and sandstones deposited in karstified segments of underlying Middle Carboniferous limestone, that would have formed underground aquifers.
The formation is divided up into two members, the lower consists of dark clays to silts and is highly fossiliferous, while the upper member is sandy and lean in fossil content.[1]
The remains of indeterminate tetanuran dinosaurs are known from the formation. As are fossil flora, fish and abundant remains of the turtle Heckerochelys romani,[2] and various other fossils.[3]
^ a bSkutschas, Pavel P.; Kolchanov, Veniamin V.; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Syromyatnikova, Elena V. (2022-10-19). "Discovery of a crown salamander in the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Moskvoretskaya formation of the Moscow Region, Russia". Historical Biology: 1–4. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2133605. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 253036062.
^Skutschas, Pavel P.; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Syromyatnikova, Elena V.; Vitenko, Dmitriy D.; Parakhin, Igor A.; Bapinaev, Roman A.; Evans, Susan E. (2021-06-09). "A lepidosauromorph specimen from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Moskvoretskaya Formation of the Moscow Region, Russia". Historical Biology. 34 (3): 566–570. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1935921. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 236282947.
^Alifanov & Sennikov, 2001
^Lopatin & Averianov, 2006
Bibliography
Pashchenko, D.I.; I.T. Kuzmin; A.G. Sennikov; P.P. Skutschas, and M.B. Efimov. 2018. On the Finding of Neosuchians (Neosuchia, Crocodyliformes) in the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Deposits of the Moscow Region. Paleontological Journal 52(5). 550–562. Accessed 2019-10-12. doi:10.1134/S0031030118050118 ISSN 0031-0301
Lopatin, A.V., and A.O. Averianov. 2006. Mesozoic mammals of Russia. 9th International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Abstracts and Proceedings Volume 67-70.
Sukhanov, V.B. 2006. An archaic turtle, Heckerochelys romani gen. et sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Moscow region, Russia. Fossil Turtle Research 1. 112-118. Accessed 2019-10-12.
Alifanov, V.R., and A.G. Sennikov. 2001. Discovery of dinosaur remains in a Moscow suburb. Doklady Earth Sciences 376. 1-3. Accessed 2019-10-12.
Further reading
Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN0-520-24209-2