Alamyshik Formation

Alamyshik Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian ~112–100  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Claystone
Location
Coordinates	40°00′N73°00′E / 40.0°N 73.0°E / 40.0; 73.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	37°24′N68°12′E / 37.4°N 68.2°E / 37.4; 68.2
Region	Osh
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Extent	Fergana Valley
Alamyshik Formation (Kyrgyzstan)

The Alamyshik Formation is a geological formation in Kyrgyzstan whose strata date back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Pterosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. ^[1]

Fossil content

Reptiles

• Ferganemys verzilini
• Kirgizemys exaratus
• Petrochelys kyrgyzensis
• Crocodylia indet.
• Pterosauria indet.
• ?Labyrinthodontia indet.

Fish

• cf. Furo sp.
• Actinopterygii indet.

See also

• List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units

References

1. Barret et al., 2008

Bibliography

• Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.

Further reading

• D. M. Unwin and N. N. Bakhurina. 2000. Pterosaurs from Russia, Middle Asia and Mongolia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 420-433
• L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156
• L. A. Nessov. 1984. Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:215-223