Dabrazhin Formation Explained

Dabrazhin Formation
Period:	Campanian
Age:	Santonian-Campanian ~
Type:	Geological formation
Prilithology:	Conglomerate
Otherlithology:	Sandstone
Coordinates:	41.7°N 68.5°W
Paleocoordinates:	35.1°N 62°W
Region:	Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Asht
Country:	Kazakhstan Tajikistan

The Dabrazhin Formation (Russian: Dabrazinskaya Svita) preserves dinosaur fossils in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. There are indeterminate remains of sauropods, nodosaurs, ornithomimosaurs, and other reptiles.

The strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Fossil content

• Alectrosaurus
• Trionyx
• Aspideretes
• "Antarctosaurus" jaxartensis (Sauropod indet.) - "Femur."^[2]
• "Coeluroides" sp - An indeterminate theropod
• Jaxartosaurus aralensis - "Isolated skull roof and braincase."^[3]
• Bactrosaurus prynadai (hadrosaurid indet) "Maxilla, dentary, both with teeth."^[4]
• Kazaklambia convincens (lambeosaurine dinosaur)

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia).", pp.593-600
2. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
3. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.
4. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.