Tagarin Fm

Includes in Khation Region, Sughd Region, Darvaz district, Dushanbe - west Shirkent-Luchob, Dushanbe - east Shirkent-Luchob.

Synonym: Tagarin horizon, тагаринский горизонт

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In the South Gissar region, the lower part of the Upper Cenomanian, Tagarin horizon (тагаринский горизонт) is composed of gray limestones, sandstones, and clays up to 25-45 m thick.

In the Dushanbe region, the Tagarin horizon (Тагаринский rорv.зонт) of the Upper Cenomanian is greenish-gray sandstones with layers of limestone and siltstones, occasionally clays (40-60 m).

In the Kafirnigan district, the Tagarin horizon of the upper Cenomanian has a three-part structure: at the bottom are limestones and clays, in the middle part - variegated argillites and clays, at the top - organogenic limestones. The strength of the horizon is 45-50 m.

In the Vakhsh district, , the Tagarin horizon of the upper Cenomanian has in the Vakhsh district a structure similar to that described for the Kafirnigan district, its strength is 80-135 m.

In the Darvaz district, Tagarin horizon (агаринскому горизонтам), which make up the upper Cenomanian sub-stage, are related to three suites: Rovkin Fm (ровикинская) (gray sandstones with layers of limestone, 50 - 100 m), Budalyk Fm (будалыксю-tя) (reddish conglomerates, sandstones and aleurolites, 20-200 m), Izhudarin Fm (иджударинская) (gray biogenic limestones, 10-50 m).

In the Karategin region, Tagarin horizon (агаринскому горизонты) - interbedded limestones, sandstones, and clays (40-50 m).

In the Darvaz district, Izhudarinskaya (иджударинская), Caprinula soluni Bobkova, Ichtyosarcolites tricarinatus Parona, Archimedea asiatica Djalilov and others. In the Karategin region, Rhynchostreon chaperi (Bayle), Korobkovitrigonia darwaseana Rom., Modiolus cf. bukharensis Bobkova, Archimedea asiatica Djalilav, etc.