Khodzhaosmansk Formation

Khodzhaosmansk Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Albian ~120–100  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Location
Coordinates	41°48′N75°30′E / 41.8°N 75.5°E / 41.8; 75.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	38°24′N77°48′E / 38.4°N 77.8°E / 38.4; 77.8
Region	Jalal-Abad, Naryn
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Extent	Fergana Valley
Khodzhaosmansk Formation (Kyrgyzstan)

The Khodzhaosmansk or Khodzhaosman Formation is an Aptian to Albian geologic formation in Kyrgyzstan. ^[1] Dinosaur remains and fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation. ^[2]

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation: ^[1]

• Hadrosauridae indet
• Choristodera indet
• Ornithischia indet

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
    • Dinosaur eggs

References

1. Khodzhaosman Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.563-570

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

Further reading

• 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