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The Karabastau Svita is a geological formation in Kazakhastan whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic

Late Jurassic

The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago , which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata. In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age...

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Pterosaur

Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...

remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrates

Genus	Species	Notes
Batrachognathus Batrachognathus Batrachognathus is an extinct genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Svita of the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan....	B. volans	An Anurognathid Anurognathid The Anurognathidae were a group of small pterosaurs, with short tails or tailless, that lived in Europe and Asia during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods... Pterosaur.
Karatausuchus Karatausuchus Karatausuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid crocodylomorph. It is known from a single specimen discovered in the Late Jurassic Karabastau Svita from the vicinity of Mikhailovka in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan...	K. sharovi	An Atoposaurid Atoposauridae Atoposauridae is a family of crocodile-like archosaurs. Members of the family have been found from France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Germany, Kazakhstan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Cameroon, and Thailand.-Phylogeny:... Crocodylomorph.
Karaurus	K. sharovi	One of the earliest salamander Salamander Salamander is a common name of approximately 500 species of amphibians. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance, with their slender bodies, short noses, and long tails. All known fossils and extinct species fall under the order Caudata, while sometimes the extant... s.
Sordes Sordes Sordes was a small basal pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan.The genus was named in 1971 by Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov. The type species is Sordes pilosus. The genus name means "filth" or "scum" in Latin, a reference to evil spirits in local folklore...	S. pilosus	A Rhamphorhynchid Pterosaur.

Invertebrates

Genus	Species	Notes
Auliepterix Auliepterix Auliepterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the family Micropterigidae. The genus is represented by two species, Auliepterix mirabilis in the Karabastau Svita of the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan and Auliepterix minima in Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous rocks near...	A. mirabilis	A Micropterygid Micropterigidae Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera .... moth.
Palaeolepidopterix Palaeolepidopterix Palaeolepidopterix is an extinct genus of small primitive metallic moths within the extant family Micropterigidae or extinct family Eolepidopterigidae, containing one species, Palaeolepidopterix aurea. It is known from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan....	P. aurea	A Micropterygid Micropterigidae Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera .... or Eolepidopterigid moth.

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