The Eginsai Formation (Russian: Eginsai Svita) is a geological formation in Kazakhstan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
| Eginsai Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | Phosphorite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 52°24′N 64°36′E / 52.4°N 64.6°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 45°30′N 56°06′E / 45.5°N 56.1°E |
| Region | Kustanai |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
  Eginsai Formation (Kazakhstan) | |
Fossil content
editAmong others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Asiahesperonis bazhanovi - "Vertebrae, tarsometatarsus, and tibiotarsus."[2]
- Turgaiscapha kushmurunica
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
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