Balabansai Formation
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The Balabansai Fomration (or Balabansai Svita) is a geological formation in Asia whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago , which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata. In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Indeterminate Avialae remains located in Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy, Kazakhstan.| Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Balabansai Formation |
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Praeornis Praeornis Praeornis is a dubious genus of possible early bird, named on the basis of a single possible feather discovered in the Balabansai Formation of Kazakhstan by Sharov in 1971. In 1978, Rautian officially named the feather Praeornis sharovi... |
P. sharovi |
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