Ialovachsk Formation Explained

Ialovachsk Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:Santonian
Period:Santonian
Prilithology:Sandstone
Otherlithology:Conglomerate
Region:Jalal-Abad, Osh
Sughd
Fergana
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Coordinates:40.2°N 71.7°W
Paleocoordinates:34.9°N 65.8°W
Extent:Fergana Valley & Range

The Ialovachsk or Yalovach Formation is a geologic formation in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan dating to the Santonian age of the Cretaceous period.[1]

Fossil content

Fossil dinosaur eggs as well as pterosaur, dinosaur,[2] [3] turtle[4] and crocodyliforme[5] [6] remains have been recovered from the formation.[7]

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Amphibians
Mammals
Turtles
Dinosaurs
Other reptiles

See also

References

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  2. Alifanov. V. R.. Averianov. A. O.. January 2006. On the finding of ornithomimid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithomimosauria) in the Upper Cretaceous beds of Tajikistan. Paleontological Journal. 40. 1. 103–108. 10.1134/s0031030106010126. 2006PalJ...40..103A . 140673522. 0031-0301.
  3. Averianov. A. O.. Alifanov. V. R.. September 2012. New data on duck-billed dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Hadrosauridae) from the upper cretaceous of Tajikistan. Paleontological Journal. 46. 5. 512–519. 10.1134/s0031030112050036. 2012PalJ...46..512A . 140665908. 0031-0301.
  4. Vitek. Natasha S.. Danilov. Igor G.. 2010-03-24. New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30. 2. 383–393. 10.1080/02724631003617548. 2010JVPal..30..383V . 83498792. 0272-4634.
  5. Kuzmin. Ivan T.. Skutschas. Pavel P.. Boitsova. Elizaveta A.. Sues. Hans-Dieter. 2018. Revision of the large crocodyliform Kansajsuchus (Neosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185. 2. 335–387. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly027.
  6. Book: Storrs, Glenn W.. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Efimov, Mikhail B.. Cambridge University Press. 2000. 978-0-521-55476-3. Benton, Michael J.. Cambridge. 402–419. Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia. Shishkin, Mikhail A.. Unwin, David M.. Kurochkin, Evgenii N..
  7. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Yalovach&group_formation_member=Yalovach Yalovach Formation