Dabrazinskaya Svita

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Extrapolaris: Cionodon kyzylkumensis known only from Bissekty Formation

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| age = [[Late Cretaceous]]
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| country = {{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
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The '''Dabrazinskaya Svita''' is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in Kazakhstan whose strata date back to the [[Late Cretaceous]]. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.</ref>

==Vertebrate paleofauna==
* "[[Antarctosaurus]]" jaxartensis - "Femur."<ref name="table-13-1-270">"Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.</ref>
* [[Jaxartosaurus]] aralensis - "Isolated skull roof and braincase."<ref name="table-20-1-441">"Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.</ref>
* [[Bactrosaurus]] prynadai ([[hadrosaurid]] indet) "Maxilla, dentary, both with teeth."<ref name="table-20-1-442">"Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 442.</ref>
* [[Kazaklambia]] convincens ([[lambeosaurine]] [[dinosaur]])

==See also==
{{Portal|Paleontology}}
* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]

==References==
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[[Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia]]

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