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Bostobe

54 occ. 25 taxa (2 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Bostobe Formation is a geological formation in Qaraghandy & Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous.

Genera
2 genera
Alectrosaurus
Alectrosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 101 Ma
Neimongosaurus
Neimongosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 86 Ma
Bostobe
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Holotype of Khunnuchelys lophorhothon sp. nov. from Baybishe, northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan, Bostobe Formation, Santonian–early Campanian, Late Cretaceous, ZIN PH 5/55, a partial skull; in dorsal (A), ventral (B), lateral (C), and anterior (D) views. Photographs (A1–D1), explanatory drawings (A2–D2). © IGOR G. DANILOV, NATASHA S. VITEK, ALEXANDER O. AVERIANOV, AND VADIM N. GLINSKIY · CC BY 1.0 · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Top countries
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 54
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 32
Fluvial-lacustrine indet. 20
Fluvial-deltaic indet. 1
Estuary / bay 1
Top collectors
A. K. Rozhdestvensky 17
L. A. Nessov 11
F. V. Shilin 5
KGE 2
A. Averianov 1
L. Nessov 1
Collection activity by decade
1950s 17
1970s 5
1980s 11
1990s 2
2010s 1