The Shirabad Formation () is a late

Albian The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/ Series. Its approximate time range is 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 100.5 ± ...

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

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ankylosaur Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs of the order Ornithischia. It includes the great majority of dinosaurs with armor in the form of bony osteoderms, similar to turtles. Ankylosaurs were bulky quadrupeds, with short, powerful limbs. ...

tracks described as '' Macropodosauropus gravis'' have been reported from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607Zakharov, 1964

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* * {{cite LSA , last=Zakharov , first=S.A , year=1964 , title=O Senomanskom dinozavre sledy kotorogo obnaruzheny v doline R. Shirkent n the Cenomanian dinosaurs, traces of which were found in the Shirkent valley, journal=Paleontologiya Tadzhikistana , volume=1964 , pages=31–35 Geologic formations of Tajikistan Lower Cretaceous Series of Asia Albian Stage Sandstone formations Evaporite deposits Shallow marine deposits Ichnofossiliferous formations Paleontology in Tajikistan

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