Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan)

Neocomian Sands
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian ~145–130  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	47°06′N51°54′E / 47.1°N 51.9°E / 47.1; 51.9
Approximate paleocoordinates	41°48′N55°06′E / 41.8°N 55.1°E / 41.8; 55.1
Region	Atyrau
Country	Kazakhstan
Type section
Named for	Neocomian (Early Cretaceous)
Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan) (Kazakhstan)

The Neocomian Sands is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. ^[1] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation. ^[2]

Fossil content

• Embasaurus minax - "Vertebrae." ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

References

1. Mount Koi Kara at Fossilworks.org
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
4. Riabinin, A.N. (1931). "Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes". Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva (ser. 2) 60: 110-113

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