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°06′N 51°54′E / 47.1°N 51.9°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 41°48′N 55°06′E / 41.8°N 55.1°E |
| Region | Atyrau |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Neocomian (Early Cretaceous) |
  Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan) (Kazakhstan) | |
Fossil content
edit- Embasaurus minax - "Vertebrae."[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
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