Earth:Dabrazhin Formation
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Short description: Kazakh geological formation
| Dabrazhin Formation Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~85–71 Ma | |
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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°E |
| 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 and Tajikistan. 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
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2
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