Kakanaut Formation Explained

Kakanaut Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Maastrichtian ~
Period:	Maastrichtian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Volcaniclastic
Namedfor:	Kakanaut River
Region:	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates:	62.9°N 177.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	75.7°N 179°W
Underlies:	Danian marine deposits
Overlies:	Maastrichtian marine deposits
Thickness:	1000m (3,000feet)

The Kakanaut Formation is a geological formation in Siberia, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^{[1] [2]} The flora of the formation is relictual, containing some of the youngest remains of the extinct plant orders Bennettitales and Czekanowskiales.^{[3] [4]}

Fossil content

• Troodon cf. formosus
• Ankylosauria indet.
• Dinosauria indet.
• Dromaeosauridae indet.
• Hadrosauridae indet.
• Neoceratopsia indet.
• Ornithopoda indet.
• Prismatoolithidae indet.
• Spheroolithidae indet.
• Theropoda indet.
• Tyrannosauridae indet.
• ?Aves indet.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Russia

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
2. Godefroit et al., 2009
3. Gnilovskaya. Anastasia A.. Golovneva. Lina B.. February 2018. The Late Cretaceous Pterophyllum (Bennettitales) in the North-East of Russia. Cretaceous Research. en. 82. 56–63. 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.013. 2018CrRes..82...56G .
4. 2020-12-01. A new species of Phoenicopsis (Leptostrobales) from the Maastrichtian–Danian of Chukotka, Russia. Geobios. en. 63. 67–75. 10.1016/j.geobios.2020.09.002. 0016-6995. Zolina . Anastasia . Golovneva . Lina . Nosova . Natalya . Grabovskiy . Alexander . 2020Geobi..63...67Z . 228928283 .