The Kurek Formation (Russian: Kurek Svita) is a late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) geologic formation of the Kugitang Svita in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

Kurek Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Oxfordian
~160–157 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofKugitang Svita
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates38°30′N 68°36′E / 38.5°N 68.6°E / 38.5; 68.6
Approximate paleocoordinates43°12′N 73°12′E / 43.2°N 73.2°E / 43.2; 73.2
RegionLebap (Turkmenistan)
Kashkadarya (Uzbekistan)
Country Turkmenistan
 Uzbekistan
Type section
Named forMount Kurek
Kurek Formation is located in Uzbekistan
Kurek Formation
Kurek Formation
Kurek Formation
Kurek Formation (Uzbekistan)

Etymology

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The formation is named after Mount Kurek (2,280 metres (7,480 ft)), near Langar, Uzbekistan.[2]

Description

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The mudstones and limestones of the formation comprise a 2 centimetres (0.79 in) thick, massive micrite (mudstone) with sporadic and poorly preserved thin-walled bivalves. Also tracks were preserved at that were probably made in shallow water, showing, in some parts, ripple marks.[3]

Fossil content

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Among the following fossils have been found in the Kurek Formation:[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
  2. ^ Katta Langar - Mount Kurek
  3. ^ Ak-Gaya tracksite at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Kurek Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

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  • 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

Further reading

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  • F. Fanti, M. Contessi, A. Nigarov and P. Esenov. 2013. New data on two large dinosaur tracksites from the Upper Jurassic of eastern Turkmenistan (Central Asia). Ichnos 20:54-71
  • V. P. Novikov and M. R. Dzhalilov. 1988. Litologicheskaya interpretatsiya mestonakhozhdeniy sledov dinozavrov i Tadzhikistane [A lithological interpretation of localities with dinosaurian traces in Tajikistan]. In T. N. Bogdanova, L. I. Khosatzky, & A. A. Istchenko (eds.), Sledy Zhiznedeyatel'nosti i Dinamika Sredy v Drevnikh Biotopakh. Trudy XXX Sessii Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva i VII Sessii Ukrainskogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva [Fossil Traces of Vital Activity and Dynamics of the Environment in Ancient Biotopes. Transactions of the XXX Session of All-Union Paleontological Society and the VII Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society]. Naukova Dumka, Kiev 58–69
  • K. N. Amanniyazov. 1985. Ob unikalnykh sledakh verkhneyurskikh dinozavrov v Turkmenistane [Unique tracks of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic of Turkmenistan]. In M. P. Dzhalilov, V. P. Novikov (eds.), Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn [Problems of Desert Development], Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences Turkmenistan 2:23-29