Turangin Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
late Eocene
Province:
Zaisan (Zaysan) Basin - Central
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym: Turanginskaya, E2-3d
Lithology and Thickness
Ca. 80 m of Green and green-gray clay and clay aleurite (silt)
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Overlies the Zimunai Fm
Upper contact
Underlies the Tuzkabak Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
late Eocene (Bartonian-Priabonian)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bartonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
41.03
Ending stage:
Priabonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
33.90
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Information provided by Nariman Jamikeshev from Kazakh-language sources and from other publications.