Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan) Explained

Neocomian Sands
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Berriasian-Hauterivian ~
Period:	Early Cretaceous
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Namedfor:	Neocomian (Early Cretaceous)
Region:	Atyrau
Country:	Kazakhstan
Coordinates:	47.1°N 51.9°W
Paleocoordinates:	41.8°N 55.1°W

The Neocomian Sands is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.^[1] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Fossil content

• Embasaurus minax - "Vertebrae."^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=53158 Mount Koi Kara
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
4. Riabinin, A.N. (1931). "Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes". Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva (ser. 2) 60: 110-113