basin which there are sediments with the thickness about 6000 m in it. Abderaz Formation is
in Kopet Dagh basin which is consists of limy-shales, marly-shales and limy bonds, we could
identify 52 genus and 85 species of dinoflagellates. Abderaz Formation is located in two
interval superzones: Conosphaeridium striatoconum interval superzone & Odontochitina
porifera interval superzone. Age of Abderaz formation is Late Turonian-Early Santonian.