The Kugitang Formation or Group (russian: Kugitang Svita) is an Oxfordian geologic

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in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and a

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in Turkmenistan.

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remains diagnostic to the

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level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

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Among the following fossils have been found in the Kugitang Svita:Kugitang Group
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.org ;Dinosaurs * '' Chodjapilesaurus krimholzi'' * '' Gissarosaurus tetrafalangensis'' ;Ichnofossils * '' Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus'' * '' Mirsosauropus tursunzadei'' * '' Regarosauropus manovi'' * '' Shirkentosauropus shirkentensis'' * '' Therangospodus pandemicus'' ;Insects * '' Shurabia hissarica'' ;Reef fauna * '' Apocladophyllia koniakensis'' * '' Calamophylliopsis kyrvakarensis'' * '' Dorsoplicathyris farcinata'' * '' Kobyastraea lomontiana'' * '' Tubegatanella repmanae'' * Bivalvia indet.

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