Kugitang Svita | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Oxfordian-early Kimmeridgian ~ | |
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Type | Formation or group |
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Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 38°30′N68°36′E / 38.5°N 68.6°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 43°12′N73°12′E / 43.2°N 73.2°E |
Region | Lebap (Turkmenistan) Kugitang, Shirkent (Tajikistan) Kashkadarya (Uzbekistan) |
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Named for | Kugitang, Kugitang Mountains |
The Kugitang Formation or Group ( Russian : Kugitang Svita) is an Oxfordian geologic formation in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and a geologic group in Turkmenistan. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [1]
Among the following fossils have been found in the Kugitang Svita: [2] [3]
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| Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs of the Kugitang Svita | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Chodjapilesaurus | C. krimholzi | |||||
Gissarosaurus | G. tetrafalangensis | |||||
Ichnofossils of the Kugitang Svita | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Megalosauripus | M. uzbekistanicus | |||||
Mirsosauropus | M. tursunzadei | |||||
Regarosauropus | R. manovi | |||||
Shirkentosauropus | S. shirkentensis | |||||
Therangospodus | T. pandemicus | |||||
Insects of the Kugitang Svita | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Shurabia | S. hissarica | |||||
Invertebrates of the Kugitang Svita | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Apocladophyllia | A. koniakensis | |||||
Bivalvia Indet. | Indeterminate | |||||
Calamophylliopsis | C. kyrvakarensis | |||||
Dorsoplicathyris | D. farcinata | |||||
Kobyastraea | K. lomontiana | |||||
Tubegatanella | T. repmanae | |||||
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