Ialovachsk Formation
Introduction The '''Ialovachsk''' or '''Yalovach Formation''' is a geologic formation in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan dating to the Santonian age of the Cretaceous period.
Fossil content Fossil dinosaur eggs as well as pterosaur, dinosaur, turtle and crocodyliforme remains have been recovered from the formation.The following fossils have been reported from the formation:;Amphibians* ''Eopelobates sp. ''* ''Eoscapherpeton superum'';Mammals* ''?Kulbeckia kulbecke'';Turtles* ''Adocus foveatus''* ''Anatolemys maximus''* ''Lindholmemys gravis''* ''Shachemys baibolatica''* ''Trionyx kansaiensis''* ''T. riabinini'';Dinosaurs* ''cf. Alectrosaurus sp. ''* Ankylosauridae indet. * ?Ceratopsidae indet. * Dromaeosauridae indet. * Hadrosauridae indet. * cf. Hypsilophodontidae indet. * ''Kansaignathus sogdianus''* ?Neoceratopsia indet. * Neosauropoda indet. * Ornithomimidae indet. * ?Oviraptoridae indet. * Therizinosauridae indet. * ?Theropoda indet. * Troodontidae indet. * Tyrannosauridae indet. ;Other reptiles* Azhdarchidae indet. * ''?Azhdarcho sp. ''* Aves indet. * ''Kansajsuchus extensus''* ?Pterosauria indet. * Squamata indet. * ''Tadzhikosuchus macrodentis''
See also * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations** List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils*** Dinosaur eggs
References === Bibliography ===*
Further reading * I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011.New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132* N. N. Bakhurina and D. M. Unwin. 1995.a survey of pterosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Historical Biology 10:197-245* L. A. Nessov. 1995.Dinozavri severnoi Yevrazii: Novye dannye o sostave kompleksov, ekologii i paleobiogeografii Dinosaurs of northern Eurasia: new data about assemblages, ecology, and paleobiogeography. Institute for Scientific Research on the Earth's Crust, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 1-156