Ochyor

For other uses, see Ocher.

Ochyor (Russian: Очёр) is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Ochyor River (Kama's tributary) 120 km west of Perm. Population: 15,563 (2002 Census); 16,352 (1989 Census).

Founded in 1759; town status since 1950.

Near Ochyor, a number of important discoveries of Permian fossil reptiles (especially Therapsids) have been made, beginning in 1952.

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Chudinov, P. K. 1965, "New Facts about the Fauna of the Upper Permian of the USSR", Journal of Geology, 73:117-30
Olsen, E. C., 1962, Late Permian terrestrial vertebrates, USA and USSR Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series, 52: 1–224.
Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas H. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993

Cities and towns in Perm Krai
Administrative center: Perm Alexandrovsk \| Berezniki \| Chaykovsky \| Cherdyn \| Chermoz \| Chernushka \| Chusovoy \| Dobryanka \| Gornozavodsk \| Gremyachinsk \| Gubakha \| Kizel \| Krasnokamsk \| Krasnovishersk \| Kudymkar \| Kungur \| Lysva \| Nytva \| Ochyor \| Okhansk \| Osa \| Solikamsk \| Usolye \| Vereshchagino