Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan)
The Neocomian Sands is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.[1] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.[2]
| Neocomian Sands | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 47.1°N 51.9°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 41.8°N 55.1°E |
| Region | Atyrau |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Neocomian (Early Cretaceous) |
  Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan) (Kazakhstan) | |
Fossil content
- Embasaurus minax - "Vertebrae."[3][4]
See also
References
- Mount Koi Kara at Fossilworks.org
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
- Riabinin, A.N. (1931). "Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes". Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva (ser. 2) 60: 110-113
Bibliography
- ; , and . 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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