Upper Jurassic deposits of Gorodishchi

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name = The Exposure Upper Jurassic adjournment on the right coast Kuibyshev of a water basin
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The Exposed Upper Jurassic deposits ( _ru. Городищенское обнажение верхнеюрских отложений) near the village of Gorodischi, Ulyanovsk Oblast on the right bank of Kuybyshev Reservoir is one of the protected areas of Ulyanovsk Oblast. [ [http://eco.ulstu.ru/k_k.php?key=1173:252:800:23 "Обнажение верхнеюрских отложений по правому берегу Куйбышевского водохранилища"] cadaster record of the site ru icon]

The Gorodishchi exposure is within the Ulyanovsk paleontology zakaznik. It represents scientific value as a basal section Upper Jurassic adjournment on Russian Platform. On the daytime surface there are various fossils including vertebrae of ichthyosauruses and the plesiosauruses, fossilized shells of mollusks. The Cambrian deposits are partially covered by a landslip, and they are below the level of the Kuybyshev Reservoir.

The deposits provide an easy access to the Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils. The layers consistently leaning against each other contain valuable information about evolution between the two geological periods: Jurassic and Cretaceous. There numerous fossils of vertebrate and invertebrate fauna are found.

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