The Kurek Formation () is a late Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) geologic formation of the Kugitang Svita in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
Etymology The formation is named after Mount Kurek (), near Langar, Uzbekistan.Katta Langar - Mount Kurek
Description The mudstones and limestones of the formation comprise a thick, massive micrite (mudstone) with sporadic and poorly preserved thin-walled bivalves. Also tracks were preserved at that were probably made in shallow water, showing, in some parts, ripple marks.Ak-Gaya tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content Among the following fossils have been found in the Kurek Formation:Kurek Formation at Fossilworks.org
Dinosaurs Dinosaurs of the Kurek Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Gissarosaurus G. tetrafalangensis
Ichnofossils Ichnofossils of the Kurek Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes ImagesMegalosauripus M. uzbekistanicus Mirsosauropus M. tursunzadei Regarosauropus R. manovi Shirkentosauropus S. shirkentensis Therangospodus T. pandemicus
Molluscs
Bivalves Bivalves of the Kurek Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Bivalvia Indet. Indeterminate
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks Sauropod tracks 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 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 K. N. Amanniyazov. 1985. Ob unikalnykh sledakh verkhneyurskikh dinozavrov v Turkmenistane [Unique tracks of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic of Turkmenistan]. In M. P. Dzhalilov, V. P. Novikov (eds.), Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn [Problems of Desert Development], Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences Turkmenistan 2:23-29