Shirabad Formation

Shirabad Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Albian ~105–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Gypsum
Location
Coordinates	38°36′N 68°12′E / 38.6°N 68.2°E / 38.6; 68.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	35°12′N 64°12′E / 35.2°N 64.2°E / 35.2; 64.2
Country	Tajikistan
Shirabad Formation (Tajikistan)

The Shirabad Formation (^{[clarification needed]}) is a late Albian geologic formation in Tajikistan.

Fossil content

Fossil ankylosaur tracks described as Macropodosauropus gravis have been reported from the formation.^[1][2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ankylosaur tracks

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
• Zakharov, S.A. 1964. O Senomanskom dinozavre sledy kotorogo obnaruzheny v doline R. Shirkent [On the Cenomanian dinosaurs, traces of which were found in the Shirkent valley]. Paleontologiya Tadzhikistana 1964. 31–35. .

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