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°30′N 68°36′E / 38.5°N 68.6°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 43°12′N 73°12′E / 43.2°N 73.2°E |
| Region | Lebap (Turkmenistan) Kashkadarya (Uzbekistan) |
| Country |  Turkmenistan Uzbekistan |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Mount Kurek |
  Kurek Formation (Uzbekistan) | |
Etymology
editThe formation is named after Mount Kurek (2,280 metres (7,480 ft)), near Langar, Uzbekistan.[2]
Description
editThe 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
editAmong the following fossils have been found in the Kurek Formation:[4]
See also
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
- ^ Katta Langar - Mount Kurek
- ^ Ak-Gaya tracksite at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kurek Formation at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
edit- 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
Further reading
edit- F. Fanti, M. Contessi, A. Nigarov and P. Esenov. 2013. New data on two large dinosaur tracksites from the Upper Jurassic of eastern Turkmenistan (Central Asia). Ichnos 20:54-71
- V. P. Novikov and M. R. Dzhalilov. 1988. Litologicheskaya interpretatsiya mestonakhozhdeniy sledov dinozavrov i Tadzhikistane [A lithological interpretation of localities with dinosaurian traces in Tajikistan]. In T. N. Bogdanova, L. I. Khosatzky, & A. A. Istchenko (eds.), Sledy Zhiznedeyatel'nosti i Dinamika Sredy v Drevnikh Biotopakh. Trudy XXX Sessii Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva i VII Sessii Ukrainskogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva [Fossil Traces of Vital Activity and Dynamics of the Environment in Ancient Biotopes. Transactions of the XXX Session of All-Union Paleontological Society and the VII Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society]. Naukova Dumka, Kiev 58–69
- K. N. Amanniyazov. 1985. Ob unikalnykh sledakh verkhneyurskikh dinozavrov v Turkmenistane [Unique tracks of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic of Turkmenistan]. In M. P. Dzhalilov, V. P. Novikov (eds.), Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn [Problems of Desert Development], Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences Turkmenistan 2:23-29