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Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan)

Coordinates: 47°06′N 51°54′E / 47.1°N 51.9°E / 47.1; 51.9
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Neocomian Sands
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian
~145–130 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates47°06′N 51°54′E / 47.1°N 51.9°E / 47.1; 51.9
Approximate paleocoordinates41°48′N 55°06′E / 41.8°N 55.1°E / 41.8; 55.1
RegionAtyrau
Country Kazakhstan
Type section
Named forNeocomian (Early Cretaceous)
Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan) is located in Kazakhstan
Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan)
Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan) (Kazakhstan)

The Neocomian Sands is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.[1] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Fossil content

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References

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  1. ^ Mount Koi Kara at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
  4. ^ Riabinin, A.N. (1931). "Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes". Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva (ser. 2) 60: 110-113

Bibliography

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21