Dabrazhin Formation
The Dabrazhin Formation (Russian: Dabrazinskaya Svita) preserves dinosaur fossils in Kazakhstan. There are indeterminate remains of sauropods, nodosaurs, ornithomimosaurs, and other reptiles.
| Dabrazhin Formation Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~85–71 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 41.7°N 68.5°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 35.1°N 62.0°E |
| Region | Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Asht |
| Country |   |
  Dabrazhin Formation (Kazakhstan) | |
The strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Fossil content
- Archaeornithomimus
- Velociraptor
- Oviraptor
- Coeluroides
- Alectrosaurus
- Trionyx
- Aspideretes
- "Antarctosaurus" jaxartensis (Sauropod indet.) - "Femur."[2]
- Jaxartosaurus aralensis - "Isolated skull roof and braincase."[3]
- Bactrosaurus prynadai (hadrosaurid indet) "Maxilla, dentary, both with teeth."[4]
- Kazaklambia convincens (lambeosaurine dinosaur)
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
- "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.
- "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.
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