Sekmenevsk Formation

The Sekmenevsk Formation (Russian: Sekmenevska Svita) is a Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) geologic formation in the Kursk Oblast of European Russia.[1] Pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation.

Sekmenevsk Formation Stratigraphic range: Albian-Cenomanian ~113–94 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Phosphate
Location
Coordinates	51.9°N 36.2°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	42.9°N 32.7°E
Region	Kursk Oblast
Country	Russia
Sekmenevsk Formation (Russia) Sekmenevsk Formation (Kursk Oblast)

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

• Poekilopleuron schmidti[2]
• Reptilia indet.[2]

See also

• List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Russia
  • Melovatka Formation

References

1. Sekmenevsk Formation in the Paleobiology Database
2. Kiprianow, 1883

Bibliography

• Kiprianow, W. 1883. Studien über die Fossilen Reptilien Russlands. IV. Theil. Ordnung Crocodilina Oppel. Indeterminirte Fossile Reptilien - Studies on Russian fossil reptiles. Part IV. Order Crocodilina Oppel. Indeterminate fossil reptiles. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, VIIe série 31. 1–29.