Alamyshik Formation
| Alamyshik Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°00′N 73°00′E / 40.0°N 73.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 37°24′N 68°12′E / 37.4°N 68.2°E |
| 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]- Reptiles
- Ferganemys verzilini
- Kirgizemys exaratus
- Petrochelys kyrgyzensis
- Crocodylia indet.
- Pterosauria indet.
- ?Labyrinthodontia indet.
- Fish
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Barret et al., 2008
Bibliography
[edit]- 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]- 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