Kazakhstan: Fossils and Geology

Kazakhstan Fossils and Geology: This morning on the ARCHEA Blog I shared a tasty block of Semenovites (Anahoplites) cf. michalskii ammonites that hail from Cretaceous, Albian deposits that outcrop on the Mangyshlak Peninsula on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, in beautiful Kazakhstan. Present-day Kazakhstan is made up of several micro continental blocks that were broken up in the Cambrian and then crushed back together then smashed up against Siberia and came to rest where we find them today.  We'll explore the geology of Kazakhstan and some of her fossils. If you'd like to see the beautiful ammonite block with her beige matrix and golden orange and brown ammonites, visit: https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2020/12/kazakhstan-anahoplites.html