Bostobe Svita
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The Bostobe Svita is a geological formation in Kazakhastan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
- AlectrosaurusAlectrosaurusAlectrosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Inner Mongolia. It was a bipedal carnivore with a body shape similar to its much larger relative, Tyrannosaurus rex...
sp. - Aralosaurus tuberiferusAralosaurusAralosaurus meaning "Aral Sea lizard", because it was found in the Aral Sea was a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Kazakhstan...
- Aralazhdarcho bostobensisAralazhdarchoAralazhdarcho is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Santonian-early Campanian Late Cretaceous Bostobe Svita of Kazakhstan.The genus was named in 2007 by Alexander Averianov. Already in 2004 the holotype had been described. The type species is Aralazhdarcho bostobensis. The genus name is...
- cf. LophorhothonLophorhothonLophorhothon is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the first genus of dinosaur discovered in Alabama.-Discovery and naming:...
sp - Arstanosaurus akkurganensisArstanosaurusArstanosaurus was a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Santonian-Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Bostobinskaya Formation, Kazakhstan. It has had a confusing history, being considered both a hadrosaurid and a ceratopsid, or both at the same time .-History:The genus was based on a maxilla , with...
(hadrosauridae indet) - "Samrukia nessoviSamrukia"Samrukia" is an as-of-yet unpublished name for a genus of large Cretaceous archosaurs known only from a single lower jaw discovered in Kazakhstan. The holotype and only known specimen was collected from the Santonian-Campanian age Bostobynskaya Formation in Kyzylorda District...
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