Shirabad Formation

Shirabad Formation
Shirabad Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Albian; ~105–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Gypsum
Location
Coordinates	38°36′N 68°12′E / 38.6°N 68.2°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	35°12′N 64°12′E / 35.2°N 64.2°E
Country	Tajikistan
	Shirabad Formation (Tajikistan)

The Shirabad Formation (^{[clarification needed]}) is a late Albian geologic formation in Tajikistan.

Fossil content

Fossil ankylosaur tracks described as Macropodosauropus gravis have been reported from the formation.^[1]^[2]

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
Zakharov, S.A (1964), "O Senomanskom dinozavre sledy kotorogo obnaruzheny v doline R. Shirkent [On the Cenomanian dinosaurs, traces of which were found in the Shirkent valley]", Paleontologiya Tadzhikistana, 1964: 31–35

Shirabad Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Albian ~105–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Gypsum
Location
Coordinates	38°36′N 68°12′E / 38.6°N 68.2°E / 38.6; 68.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	35°12′N 64°12′E / 35.2°N 64.2°E / 35.2; 64.2
Country	Tajikistan
Shirabad Formation (Tajikistan)