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322: 329: 275: 410:, which has been interpreted as either been deposited in fluvial or shallow marine conditions. Dinosaur remains among other vertebrates have been recovered from it around Lokitaung Gorge, though these mostly consist of heavily abraded, isolated bones of robust morphology like sauropod limb bones and caudal vertebrae. 842:
Sertich, J., O’Connor, P., Seiffert, E. & Manthi, F. 2013. A giant abelisaurid theropod from the latest Cretaceous of Northern Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2013,
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Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.
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O'Connor PM, Sertich JJW, Manthi FK (2011) A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83: 309–315.
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Wescott, W.A.; Morley, C.K.; Karanja, F.M. (May 1993). "Geology of the "Turkana Grits" in the Lariu range and Mt. Porr areas, southern Lake Turkana, Northwestern Kenya".
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Agyemang, Prince C. Owusu; Roberts, Eric M.; Downie, Bob; Sertich, Joseph J. W. (August 2019).
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An unnamed giant abelisaurid, known from partial cranial and post cranial remains
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Caudal vertebra, initially misidentified as the vertebra of a pterosaur
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Campanian
Paleocene
Ma
PreꞒ

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Pg
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Geological formation
Oligocene
basalt
Precambrian
metamorphic
basement
Sandstone
Coordinates
4°18′N 35°48′E / 4.3°N 35.8°E / 4.3; 35.8
Approximate paleocoordinates
13°48′S 27°48′E / 13.8°S 27.8°E / -13.8; 27.8
Rift Valley Province
Kenya
Turkana Basin

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