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Zarbuz Formation

Coordinates: 38°54′N 70°00′E / 38.9°N 70.0°E / 38.9; 70.0
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Zarbuz Formation
Stratigraphic range: Callovian-Oxfordian
~166–158 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Location
Coordinates38°54′N 70°00′E / 38.9°N 70.0°E / 38.9; 70.0
Approximate paleocoordinates37°48′N 75°12′E / 37.8°N 75.2°E / 37.8; 75.2
Country Tajikistan
Zarbuz Formation is located in Tajikistan
Zarbuz Formation
Zarbuz Formation (Tajikistan)

The Zarbuz Formation (Russian: Zarbuz Svita), also named Zarbiz Svita, is a Jurassic (Callovian to Oxfordian) geologic formation in Tajikistan.[1] Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2]

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Zarbuz Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

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  • 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
  • Novikov, V. P.; Suprychev, V. V.; Salikhov, F. S. (1993), "Mestonakhozhdeniye sledov dinozavrov v basseyne r. Obikhingou (khr. Petra Prevogo) - New location of dinosaur footprints in the Obikhingoy River basin (Peter the Great Range)", Doklady Akademii Nauk Respubliki Tadzhikistan, 36: 55–58