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Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan)

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Geologic formation in Kazakhstan

Neocomian Sands
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian ~145–130 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	47°06′N 51°54′E / 47.1°N 51.9°E / 47.1; 51.9
Approximate paleocoordinates	41°48′N 55°06′E / 41.8°N 55.1°E / 41.8; 55.1
Region	Atyrau
Country	Kazakhstan
Type section
Named for	Neocomian (Early Cretaceous)
Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan) (Kazakhstan)

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

Fossil content

Embasaurus minax - "Vertebrae."

See also

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

References

Mount Koi Kara at Fossilworks.org
Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
"Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
Riabinin, A.N. (1931). "Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes". Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva (ser. 2) 60: 110-113

Bibliography

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21