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| country        = [[Kazakhstan]]
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The '''Zhirkindek Formation''' is a [[Mesozoic]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[Kazakhstan]]. [[Pterosaur]] fossils have been recovered from the formation.<ref>{{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database|url= http://www.fossilworks.org/|accessdate= 11 August 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Paleontology}}
* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]
* [[List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kazakhstan]]

==References==
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[[Category:Mesozoic Erathem]]
[[Category:Geology of Kazakhstan]]

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