Nichkesaisk Formation Explained

Nichkesaisk Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Early Campanian ~
Period:	Campanian
Prilithology:	Claystone
Region:	Jalal-Abad
Country:	Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates:	41.2°N 71.3°W
Paleocoordinates:	34.9°N 64.7°W
Extent:	Fergana Valley

The Nichkesaisk or Nichkesai Formation is an early Campanian geologic formation in Kyrgyzstan.^[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
    • Dinosaur eggs

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• L. A. Nessov. 1995. Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii [Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography]. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Nichkesai&group_formation_member=Nichkesai Nichkesai Formation
2. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607