Kugitang Svita

The Kugitang Formation or Group (Russian: Kugitang Svita) 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.^[1]

Kugitang Svita
Stratigraphic range: Late Oxfordian-early Kimmeridgian ~160–155 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Dinosaur Plateau
Type	Formation or group
Sub-units	Dinosaur Plateau (Turkmenistan) Kurek Formation (Turkmenistan)
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Mudstone
Location
Coordinates	38.5°N 68.6°E / 38.5; 68.6
Approximate paleocoordinates	43.2°N 73.2°E / 43.2; 73.2
Region	Lebap (Turkmenistan) Kugitang, Shirkent (Tajikistan) Kashkadarya (Uzbekistan)
Country	Turkmenistan (Group)  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan (Formation)
Type section
Named for	Kugitang, Kugitang Mountains
Kugitang Svita (Uzbekistan)

Fossil content

Among the following fossils have been found in the Kugitang Svita:^[2][3]

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

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	Images
Megalosauripus	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