Kurek Formation
Geologic formation in Uzbekistan
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The Kurek Formation (Russian: Kurek Svita) is a late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) geologic formation of the Kugitang Svita in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
| Kurek Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Oxfordian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Kugitang Svita |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 38.5°N 68.6°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 43.2°N 73.2°E |
| Region | Lebap (Turkmenistan) Kashkadarya (Uzbekistan) |
| Country | Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Mount Kurek |
  Kurek Formation (Uzbekistan) | |
Etymology
The formation is named after Mount Kurek (2,280 metres (7,480 ft)), near Langar, Uzbekistan.[2]
Description
The mudstones and limestones of the formation comprise a 2 centimetres (0.79 in) thick, massive micrite (mudstone) with sporadic and poorly preserved thin-walled bivalves. Also tracks were preserved at that were probably made in shallow water, showing, in some parts, ripple marks.[3]
Fossil content
Among the following fossils have been found in the Kurek Formation:[4]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs of the Kurek Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Gissarosaurus | G. tetrafalangensis | |||||
Ichnofossils
| Ichnofossils of the Kurek Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Megalosauripus | M. uzbekistanicus | |||||
| Mirsosauropus | M. tursunzadei | |||||
| Regarosauropus | R. manovi | |||||
| Shirkentosauropus | S. shirkentensis | |||||
| Therangospodus | T. pandemicus | |||||
Molluscs
Bivalves
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Bissekty Formation
- Bostobe Formation
- Qiketai, Toutunhe, Shishugou and Qigu Formations, fossiliferous formations of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang
- Haifanggou Formation, Hebei Basin, Hebei
- Oxfordian formations
- Oxford Clay, England
- Tendaguru Formation, fossiliferous formation of Tanzania
- Cañadón Calcáreo Formation, fossiliferous formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin, Argentina