The Kugitang Formation or Group () is an Oxfordian geologic formation in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and a geologic group in Turkmenistan. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Fossil content Among the following fossils have been found in the Kugitang Svita:Kugitang Group at Fossilworks.orgKugitang Formation at Fossilworks.org
Dinosaurs Dinosaurs of the Kugitang Svita Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Chodjapilesaurus C. krimholzi Gissarosaurus G. tetrafalangensis
Ichnofossils Ichnofossils of the Kugitang Svita Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes ImagesMegalosauripus M. uzbekistanicus Mirsosauropus M. tursunzadei Regarosauropus R. manovi Shirkentosauropus S. shirkentensis Therangospodus T. pandemicus
Insects Insects of the Kugitang Svita Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Shurabia S. hissarica
Invertebrates Invertebrates of the Kugitang Svita Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Apocladophyllia A. koniakensis Bivalvia Indet. Indeterminate Calamophylliopsis C. kyrvakarensis Dorsoplicathyris D. farcinata Kobyastraea K. lomontiana Tubegatanella T. repmanae
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera Bissekty Formation Bostobe Formation Qiketai, Toutunhe, Shishugou and Qigu Formations, fossiliferous formations of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Haifanggou Formation, Hebei Basin, Hebei Oxfordian formations Oxford Clay, England Tendaguru Formation, fossiliferous formation of Tanzania Cañadón Calcáreo Formation, fossiliferous formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin, Argentina
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Further reading F. Fanti, M. Contessi, A. Nigarov and P. Esenov. 2013. New data on two large dinosaur tracksites from the Upper Jurassic of eastern Turkmenistan (Central Asia). Ichnos 20:54-71 D. S. Aristov, T. Wappler, and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2009. New and Little-Known Grylloblattids of the Family Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Triassic and Jurassic of Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Paleontological Journal 43:418-424 V. P. Novikov and M. R. Dzhalilov. 1988. Litologicheskaya interpretatsiya mestonakhozhdeniy sledov dinozavrov i Tadzhikistane [A lithological interpretation of localities with dinosaurian traces in Tajikistan]. In T. N. Bogdanova, L. I. Khosatzky, & A. A. Istchenko (eds.), Sledy Zhiznedeyatel'nosti i Dinamika Sredy v Drevnikh Biotopakh. Trudy XXX Sessii Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva i VII Sessii Ukrainskogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva [Fossil Traces of Vital Activity and Dynamics of the Environment in Ancient Biotopes. Transactions of the XXX Session of All-Union Paleontological Society and the VII Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society]. Naukova Dumka, Kiev 58–69 S. T. Khusanov. 1987. Pozdneyurskie skleraktinii rifogennykh otlozheniy yuzhnogo i zapadnogo Uzbekistana [Upper Jurassic Scleractinia from reefal buildups in southern and western Uzbekistan] 1-92