Nichkesaisk Formation
Appearance
Nichkesaisk Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Campanian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 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 |
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nichkesai Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
Further reading
[edit]- 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