Neocomian Sands

The Neocomian Sands is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.[1] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.[2]

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	47.1°N 51.9°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	41.8°N 55.1°E
Region	Atyrau
Country	Kazakhstan
Type section
Named for	Neocomian (Early Cretaceous)
Neocomian Sands (Kazakhstan)

Fossil content

• Embasaurus minax - "Vertebrae."[3][4]

See also

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

References

1. Mount Koi Kara at Fossilworks.org
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
4. 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.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2