Earth:Yalovach Formation
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Short description: Geologic formation in Tajikistan
| Yalovach Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Santonian 85.8–84.9 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Clastic rocks (presumably) |
| Location | |
| Region | Central Asia |
| Country |  Tajikistan |
| Extent | Sughd Region |
The Yalovach Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Tajikistan. Pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the formation. Alongside those of many other vertebrate taxa, including dinosaurs,[1][2] turtles[3] and the crocodyliformes Kansajsuchus[4] and Tadzhikosuchus.[5]
See also
- List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
References
- ↑ Alifanov, V. R.; Averianov, A. O. (January 2006). "On the finding of ornithomimid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithomimosauria) in the Upper Cretaceous beds of Tajikistan". Paleontological Journal 40 (1): 103–108. doi:10.1134/s0031030106010126. ISSN 0031-0301.
- ↑ Averianov, A. O.; Alifanov, V. R. (September 2012). "New data on duck-billed dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Hadrosauridae) from the upper cretaceous of Tajikistan". Paleontological Journal 46 (5): 512–519. doi:10.1134/s0031030112050036. ISSN 0031-0301.
- ↑ Vitek, Natasha S.; Danilov, Igor G. (2010-03-24). "New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (2): 383–393. doi:10.1080/02724631003617548. ISSN 0272-4634. http://doc.rero.ch/record/31484/files/PAL_E571.pdf.
- ↑ Kuzmin, Ivan T.; Skutschas, Pavel P.; Boitsova, Elizaveta A.; Sues, Hans-Dieter (2018). "Revision of the large crocodyliform Kansajsuchus (Neosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly027.
- ↑ Storrs, Glenn W.; Efimov, Mikhail B. (2000). "Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia". in Benton, Michael J.. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 402–419. ISBN 978-0-521-55476-3.
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