Name: Karatau Location: South Kazakhstan Age: Jurassic

References and links

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Eskov, K. 1987. A new archaeid spider (Chelicerata: Araneae) from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan, with notes on the so called "Gondwanan" ranges of recent taxa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlunge, 175 (1), 81-106.

Hecht, M. K. and Hecht, B. M. 1984. New lizard from the Jurassic beds of Middle Asia. Palaeontologicheskii Zhurnal, 1984 (3), 135-138 (In Russian).

Krassilov, V. A., Zherikhin, V. V. and Rasnitsyn, A. P. 1997. Classopollis in the guts of Jurassic insects. Palaeontology, 40 (4), 1095-1101.

Rautian, A. S. 1978. A unique bird feather from Jurassic lake deposits in the Karatau. Palaeontologicheskii Zhurnal, 1978 (4), 106-114. (In Russian).

Unwin, D. M. and Bakhurina, N. N. 1994. Sordes pilosus and the nature of the pterosaur flight apparatus. Nature, 371, 62-64.

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Thanks to: Dr. Tim Palmer, Executive Officer of The Palaeontological Association, for permission to use the image of the Aboilus specimen.