glomeratic lenses containing vertebrate remains. This gradually changes above into a subhorizontal alternation of red-buff siltstone, limestone, and fine-grained clayey sandstone. The cycle thickness is 8m.

Faunal assemblage: Fishes: lower jaw and scales of Toyemia blumentalis('?), scales of Toyemia tverdo chlebovi, Toyemia sp., Strelnia('?) sp., and Mutovinia stella, jaws and teeth of Isadia aristoviensis, lower jaw of Isadia sp., infraorbital of Geryonichthys sp., tooth plates of Bradyodontiformes, teeth of Euryno- toidiidae gen. indet.; Dvinosauridae: hypocentra and fragment of neural arches of Dvinosaurus sp.; Kotlassiidae: lower jaw of Microphon exiguus; Pareiasauridae: Proelginia cf. permiana; Chroniosu- chidae: fragments of skull, dermal bones of Chron iosaurus levis.

Stratigraphic level: Malokinelskaya Svita, Severod- vinian Gorizont, upper Tatarian substage, Upper Permian.

Burial conditions: Distributary channel deposits.

Storage: Institute of Palaeontology, Moscow; Saratov State University.

78. BEZVODOVKA

Geographic location: Orenburg region, 1 km NE of
Bezvodovka village, large limestone quarry, right
bank of Malaya Kinel River (Minikh and Minikh,
1997).

Host rocks. Reddish — brown silt, spotted coloured
siltstone containing fish remains overlies limestone.
Thickness 0.4 m.

Faunal assemblage: Fishes: dermal bones of Ger