Ochyor (town)

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Ochyor (English)
Очёр (Russian)
Coordinates
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Administrative status
Federal subject
In jurisdiction of
Administrative center of
Perm Krai
Perm Krai
Local self-government
Charter
Municipal status Urban okrug
City Head Leonid Mokrushin
Legislative body
Area
Area n/a
Population (as of the 2002 Census)
Population
- Rank
- Density
15,563 inhabitants

n/a
Events
Founded 1759
Town status 1950
Other information
Postal code 617140
Dialing code +7 34278
Official website
http://ochior.ru/

Coordinates: 57°53′N 54°43′E / 57.883, 54.717

Ochyor (Russian: Очёр), or Ocher, 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.

[edit] References

  • 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

[edit] External links

official site of Administration