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Bostobe Svita

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Type
  
Geological formation

Region
  
Asia

Country
  
Kazakhstan

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.

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Theropods:
  • Troodontidae indet.
  • Therizinosauria indet.
  • Ornithomimosauria indet.
  • Tyrannosauroidea indet.
  • Ornithopods:
  • Aralosaurus tuberiferus
  • Arstanosaurus akkurganensis
  • Batyrosaurus rozhdestvenskyi
  • Pterosaurs:
  • Aralazhdarcho bostobensis
  • Samrukia nessovi
  • Mammals:
  • Beleutinus orlovi
  • Zhalmouzia bazhanovi
  • Parazhelestes sp.
  • Turtles:
  • Khunnuchelys lophorhothon (a trionychid turtle, known from remains initially thought to belong to a hadrosaurid dinosaur and classified as cf. Lophorhothon sp)

    • References

    Bostobe Svita Wikipedia
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