Dabrazhin Formation
| Dabrazhin Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 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
- Archaeornithomimus
- Velociraptor
- Oviraptor
- Coeluroides
- 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
References
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
- ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.
- ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.