Eginsai Formation

Eginsai Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian ~72–68  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Other	Phosphorite
Location
Coordinates	52°24′N64°36′E / 52.4°N 64.6°E / 52.4; 64.6
Approximate paleocoordinates	45°30′N56°06′E / 45.5°N 56.1°E / 45.5; 56.1
Region	Kustanai
Country	Kazakhstan
Eginsai Formation (Kazakhstan)

The Eginsai Formation (Russian: Eginsai Svita) is a geological formation in Kazakhstan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. ^[1]

Fossil content

Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:

• Asiahesperonis bazhanovi - "Vertebrae, tarsometatarsus, and tibiotarsus." ^[2]
• Turgaiscapha kushmurunica

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia).", pp.593-600
2. "Table 11.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.215

Bibliography

• 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