Alamyshik Formation
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| Alamyshik Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Osh |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Extent | Fergana Valley |
  Alamyshik Formation (Kyrgyzstan) | |
The Alamyshik Formation is a geological formation in Kyrgyzstan whose strata date back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Pterosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]- Reptiles
- Ferganemys verzilini
- Kirgizemys exaratus
- Petrochelys kyrgyzensis
- Crocodylia indet.
- Pterosauria indet.
- ?Labyrinthodontia indet.
- Fish
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Barret et al., 2008
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- D. M. Unwin and N. N. Bakhurina. 2000. Pterosaurs from Russia, Middle Asia and Mongolia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 420-433
- 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
- L. A. Nessov. 1984. Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:215-223