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′N 64°36′E / 52.4°N 64.6°E / 52.4; 64.6
Approximate paleocoordinates	45°30′N 56°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

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

This page was last edited on 21 September 2023, at 20:58