Khodzhakul Formation
The Khodzhakul Formation is a Cenomanian aged geologic formation in Uzbekistan. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. As well as those of Mammals. It is part of the same stratigraphic succession as the overlying Bissekty Formation.
Fossil content
One of the largest mammals of the Mesozoic, Oxlestes, occurred in this formation, and may have predated on dinosaur species.
Dinosaurs | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
A. salsopaludalis |
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"Teeth, cranial fragments, phalanx." |
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G. atavus |
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H. eocretaceous |
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"Tarsometatarsus." |
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K. kulensis |
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"Fragmentary material." |
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Indeterminate |
Upper |
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P. Sp |
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Mammals | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Bobolestes | B. zenge | Maxilla and dentary fragments | Zalambdalestoidea | |||
Eozhelestes | E. mangit | dentary fragments and teeth | ||||
Sheikhdzheilia | S. rezvyii | Maxilla and dentary fragments | ?Zhelestidae | |||
Zalambdalestidae | Indeterminate | Right petrosal | ||||
‘‘Zhelestidae’’ | Indeterminate | Left dentary and dentary fragment | Large taxon |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
References
- ^ Weishampel, et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution." pp.517-607
- ^ Averianov, Alexander; Archibald, J. David (August 2005). "Mammals from the mid-Cretaceous Khodzhakul Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 26 (4): 593–608. Bibcode:2005CrRes..26..593A. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2005.03.007.
- ^ Michael J. Benton,Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, Cambridge University Press, 04/12/2003 - 740 páginas
- ^ "40.3 Qoraqalpoghiston Respublikasi, Uzbekistan; 1. Upper Khodzhakul Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 594.
- ^ "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
- ^ Listed as "? Gilmoreosaurus sp." in "40.3 Qoraqalpoghiston Respublikasi, Uzbekistan; 1. Upper Khodzhakul Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 594.
- ^ "40.3 Qoraqalpoghiston Respublikasi, Uzbekistan; 1. Lower Khodzhakul Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 563.
- ^ "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 214.
- ^ Sues, Hans-Dieter; Averianov, Alexander (2016). "Therizinosauroidea (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Cretaceous Research. 59: 155–178. Bibcode:2016CrRes..59..155S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.003.
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