Madygen Formation

Madygen Formation Stratigraphic range: Middle - Upper Triassic, Ladinian–Carnian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Thickness	600 m
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone
Location
Named for	Madygen village
Named by	Evgeny A. Kochnev
Region	Turkestan Range, Batken Province
Country	Kyrgyzstan

The Madygen Formation is a Triassic-age geologic formation in Kyrgyzstan. It consists of terrestrial lacustrine (lake) and fluvial (river) deposits. Many vertebrate fossils have been found from the formation, including those of cartilaginous fishes and unusual Triassic reptiles like Sharovipteryx and Longisquama.^[1]^[2]

Paleobiota

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ data are discredited.

Taxon	Material	Notes
Fayolia sharovi^[1]		An egg capsule likely belonging to a xenacanthid.
Lonchidion ferganensis^[1]	Teeth and egg capsules.	A hybodontid shark.
Palaeoxyris alterna^[1]	Teeth and egg capsules.	A hybodontid shark.

Taxon	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Madygenerpeton pustulatus			A chroniosuchid reptiliomorph.
Triassurus sixtelae			A possible early caudate (salamander) known from fossil larvae.

Taxon	Material	Notes
Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi^[3]	A single specimen preserving the front half of a skeleton and scale impressions.	A drepanosaur.
Longisquama insignis		A reptile with an elongated row of scales along its back.
Sharovipteryx mirabilis		A gliding prolacertiform.

Taxon	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Madysaurus sharovi			A cynodont.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fischer, J.; Voigt, S.; Schneider, J.W.; Buchwitz, M.; and Voigt, S. (2011). "A selachian freshwater fauna from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and its implication for Mesozoic shark nurseries". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (5): 937–953. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.601729.
^ Unwin, D.M.; Alifanov, V.R.; and Benton, M.J. (2003). "Enigmatic small reptiles from the Middle-Late Triassic of Kyrgyzstan". In Benton, M.J.; Shishkin, M.A.; and Unwin, D.M.. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 177–186. ISBN 052154582X, 9780521545822.
^ V. R. Alifanov and E. N. Kurochkin (2011). "Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi gen. et sp. nov., a new reptile from the triassic of southwestern Kyrgyzstan". Paleontological Journal 45 (6): 639–647. doi:10.1134/S0031030111060025. http://www.springerlink.com/content/000822053j233n80/.