Nichkesaisk Formation
Nichkesaisk Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Campanian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 41°12′N 71°18′E / 41.2°N 71.3°ECoordinates: 41°12′N 71°18′E / 41.2°N 71.3°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 34°54′N 64°42′E / 34.9°N 64.7°E |
Region | Jalal-Abad |
Country | Kyrgyzstan |
Extent | Fergana Valley |
Nichkesaisk Formation (Kyrgyzstan) |
The Nichkesaisk or Nichkesai Formation is an early Campanian geologic formation in Kyrgyzstan.[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[2]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
- Dinosaur eggs
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
References[]
- ^ Nichkesai Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
Further reading[]
- L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Kyrgyzstan
- Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
- Campanian Stage
- Shale formations
- Ooliferous formations
- Paleontology in Kyrgyzstan
- Jalal-Abad Region