Bakhar Formation

The Bakhar Formation (Russian: Bakhar Svita) is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the Aalenian to Bathonian stages of the Middle Jurassic, comprising claystones deposited in a lacustrine environment.[1]

Bakhar Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aalenian-Bathonian
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TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone
OtherCoal
Location
Coordinates44.9°N 100.9°E / 44.9; 100.9
Approximate paleocoordinates48.1°N 105.2°E / 48.1; 105.2
Country Mongolia
ExtentNorth Molasse Basin
Bakhar Formation is located in Mongolia
Bakhar Formation
Bakhar Formation
Bakhar Formation (Mongolia)

Fossil content

Insects; Platyperla propera,[2] Ano da, A. net, A. nym, Blattula anuniversala, B. bacharensis, B. flamma, B. mikro, B. mini, B. universala, B. velika, B. vulgara, Caloblattina vremeni, Dostavba pre, Hra disko, H. bavi, H. nie, Nuurcala cela, Okras sarko, Perlucipecta cosmopolitana, Polliciblattula analis, P. tatosanerata, P. vana, Praeblattella jurassica, Raphidiomima chimnata, R. krajka, Rhipidoblattina bakharensis, R. konserva, R. sisnerahkab, Solemnia togokhudukhensis, Truhla vekov,[3] fish (Palaeonisciformes) and pterosaur remains of the family Anurognathidae have been recovered from the formation.[4][5] The formation has also provided many fossil flora in its coal layers, known as the Tsagan-Ovoo Flora containing 32 megafossil plant taxa belonging to horsetails, ferns, cycadaleans, ginkgoaleans, leptostrobaleans, conifers and gymnosperms. Three new species were named; Ginkgo badamgaravii, Pseudotorellia gobiense and P. mongolica.[6]

See also

References
  1. Bakhar Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Sinitshenkova, 1987
  3. Vršanský, 2020
  4. Bakhurina & Unwin, 1995
  5. Barret et al., 2008
  6. Kostina et al., 2015

Bibliography
  • Vršanský, Peter. 2020. New assemblages of the Bakhar locality. Cockroaches from Jurassic sediments of the Bakhar Formation in Mongolia, 33–62. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59407-7_4 ISBN 978-3-030-59406-0
  • Kostina, Elena I.; Alexei B. Herman, and Tatiana M. Kodrul. 2015. Early Middle Jurassic (possibly Aalenian) Tsagan-Ovoo Flora of Central Mongolia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 220. 44–68. Accessed 2020-07-09.
  • Barrett, P.M.; R.J. Butler; N.P. Edwards, and A.R. Milner. 2008. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. Zitteliana B 28. 61–107. .
  • Bakhurina, N.N., 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. .
  • Sinitshenkova, N.D. 1987. Istopicheskoe razvitie vesiyanok. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 221. 1–142. .
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