Dabrazhin Formation
Dabrazhin Formation Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°42′N 68°30′E / 41.7°N 68.5°ECoordinates: 41°42′N 68°30′E / 41.7°N 68.5°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 35°06′N 62°00′E / 35.1°N 62.0°E |
Region | Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Asht |
Country | Kazakhstan Tajikistan |
Dabrazhin Formation (Kazakhstan) |
The Dabrazhin Formation (Russian: Dabrazinskaya Svita) preserves dinosaur fossils in Kazakhstan. There are indeterminate remains of sauropods, nodosaurs, ornithomimosaurs, and other reptiles.
The strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Fossil content[]
- Alectrosaurus
- Trionyx
- Aspideretes
- "Antarctosaurus" jaxartensis (Sauropod indet.) - "Femur."[2]
- Jaxartosaurus aralensis - "Isolated skull roof and braincase."[3]
- Bactrosaurus prynadai (hadrosaurid indet) "Maxilla, dentary, both with teeth."[4]
- Kazaklambia convincens (lambeosaurine dinosaur)
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References[]
Bibliography[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Kazakhstan
- Geologic formations of Tajikistan
- Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
- Cretaceous Kazakhstan
- Campanian Stage
- Santonian Stage
- Conglomerate formations
- Sandstone formations
- Deltaic deposits
- Paleontology in Kazakhstan
- Paleontology in Tajikistan