The Bostobe Formation (Kazakh: Boztóbe svıtasy) is a geological formation in Qaraghandy & Qyzylorda, Kazakhastan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian stages, approximately 85 Ma).
| Bostobe Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Santonian-early Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Akzhar Formation |
| Overlies | Zhirkindek Formation |
| Thickness | About 45 m (148 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45°54′N 64°42′E / 45.9°N 64.7°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 38°42′N 58°00′E / 38.7°N 58.0°E |
| Region | Qaraghandy & Qyzylorda |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Bostobe River |
  Bostobe Formation (Kazakhstan) | |
The sandstones and claystones of the formation were deposited in estuarine, fluvial-lacustrine and fluvial-deltaic environments.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] The formation is about 45 metres (148 ft) thick and consists primarily of clay with interbeds of sand, representing an estuarine environment.[2]
Fossil content
editKhunnuchelys lophorhothon, a trionychid turtle recovered from the formation, was initially thought to belong to a hadrosaurid dinosaur and classified as cf. Lophorhothon sp.[3]
- Mammals
- Ankylosaurs
- Ankylosauridae indet.
- Ornithopods
- Sauropods
- Titanosauridae indet.
- Sauropoda indet.
- Theropods
- Caenagnathidae indet.
- Troodontidae indet.[6]
- Therizinosauria indet.[6]
- Ornithomimidae indet.[6]
- Tyrannosauroidea indet.
- Pterosaurs
- Turtles
- Adocus foveatus
- Anatolemys maximus
- Khunnuchelys lophorhothon[3]
- Lindholmemys gravis
- Shachemys baibolatica
- Trionyx kansaiensis, T. onomatoplokos, T. riabinini
- Other reptiles
- Bishara backa
- Amphibians
- Fish
- Flora
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- Averianov, A (2016), "Frontal bones of non-avian theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-?Campanian) Bostobe Formation of the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53 (2): 168–175, Bibcode:2016CaJES..53..168A, doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0099, retrieved 2020-03-23
- Danilov, Igor G.; Vitek, Natasha S.; Averianov, Alexander O.; Glinskiy, Vadim N. (2015), "A new softshelled trionychid turtle of the genus Khunnuchelys from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60: 155–161, doi:10.4202/app.2013.0045, retrieved 2020-03-23
- Averianov, A.O.; Archibald, J.D.; Skutschas, P.P.; Dyke, G.J. (2014a), "New mammal remains from the Late Cretaceous Bostobe Formation (northeast Aral Sea Region, Kazakhstan)" (PDF), Palaeoworld, 23 (3–4): 314–320, doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2014.10.009, retrieved 2020-03-23
- Averianov, A.; Archibald, J.D.; Dyke, G.J. (2014b), "A new eutherian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 59: 537–542, retrieved 2020-03-23
- Averianov, A.O (2004), "New Data on Cretaceous Flying Reptiles (Pterosauria) of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan", Paleontological Journal, 38: 426–436
- 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
- Kordikova, E.G.; Polly, P.D.; Alifanov, V.A.; Roček, Z.; Gunnell, G.F.; Averianov, A.O. (2001), "Small vertebrates from the late Cretaceous and early Tertiary of the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan" (PDF), Journal of Paleontology, 75 (2): 390–400, doi:10.1017/S0022336000018187, ISSN 0022-3360
Further reading
edit- A. O. Averianov. 2007. Theropod dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous deposits in the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan. Cretaceous Research 28:532-544
- E. G. Kordikova, S. M. Kurzanov, and G. F. Gunnell. 1997. Unusual dinosaur claw phalanxes from the Upper Cretaceous of the northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan. Journal of Morphology 232(3):278
- 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. 1988. Late Mesozoic amphibians and lizards of Soviet Middle Asia. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 31(14):475-486
- L. A. Nessov. 1984. Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:215-223
- L. A. Nessov. 1981. Amfibii i reptilii v ekosistemakh Mela sredney Azii [Amphibia and reptiles in Cretaceous ecosystems of central Asia]. In I. V. Darevsky (ed.), The Problems of Herpetology. Fifth Herpetological Conference. Abstracts 91–92
- A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1964. Novye dannye o mestonakhozhdeniyakh dinozavrov na territorii Kazakhstana i Srednei Azii [New data on occurrences of dinosaurs in Kazakhstan and Central Asia]. Tashkentskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet, Nauchnye Trudy: Geologiya [Tashkent State University, Scientific Publications: Geology] 234:227-241