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Geologic feature in Asia
Kugitang Svita
Stratigraphic range: Late Oxfordian-early Kimmeridgian
~160–155 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Dinosaur Plateau
TypeFormation or group
Sub-units
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates38°30′N 68°36′E / 38.5°N 68.6°E / 38.5; 68.6
Approximate paleocoordinates43°12′N 73°12′E / 43.2°N 73.2°E / 43.2; 73.2
RegionLebap (Turkmenistan)
Kugitang, Shirkent (Tajikistan)
Kashkadarya (Uzbekistan)
Country Turkmenistan (Group)
 Tajikistan
 Uzbekistan (Formation)
Type section
Named forKugitang, Kugitang Mountains
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The Kugitang Formation or Group (Russian: Kugitang Svita) is an Oxfordian geologic formation in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and a geologic group in Turkmenistan. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Fossil content

Among the following fossils have been found in the Kugitang Svita:

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Kugitang Svita
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Chodjapilesaurus C. krimholzi
Gissarosaurus G. tetrafalangensis

Ichnofossils

Ichnofossils of the Kugitang Svita
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Megalosauripus M. uzbekistanicus
Mirsosauropus M. tursunzadei
Regarosauropus R. manovi
Shirkentosauropus S. shirkentensis
Therangospodus T. pandemicus

Insects

Insects of the Kugitang Svita
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Shurabia S. hissarica

Invertebrates

Invertebrates of the Kugitang Svita
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Apocladophyllia A. koniakensis
Bivalvia Indet. Indeterminate
Calamophylliopsis C. kyrvakarensis
Dorsoplicathyris D. farcinata
Kobyastraea K. lomontiana
Tubegatanella T. repmanae

See also

References

  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
  2. Kugitang Group at Fossilworks.org
  3. Kugitang Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

Further reading

  • 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
  • D. S. Aristov, T. Wappler, and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2009. New and Little-Known Grylloblattids of the Family Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Triassic and Jurassic of Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Paleontological Journal 43:418-424
  • V. P. Novikov and M. R. Dzhalilov. 1988. Litologicheskaya interpretatsiya mestonakhozhdeniy sledov dinozavrov i Tadzhikistane . 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 . Naukova Dumka, Kiev 58–69
  • S. T. Khusanov. 1987. Pozdneyurskie skleraktinii rifogennykh otlozheniy yuzhnogo i zapadnogo Uzbekistana 1-92
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