Earth:Minhe Formation
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| Minhe Formation Stratigraphic range: Campanian to Maastrichtian[1] | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
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| Region | Asia |
The Minhe Formation (simplified Chinese: 民和组; traditional Chinese: 民和組; pinyin: Mínhé Zǔ) is a geological formation in northwestern China, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous period.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China .[3]
| Dinosaurs reported from the Minhe Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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H. pachycephalus[1] |
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"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."[4] |
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M. gobiensis[1] |
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"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."[5] |
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M. sulcidens[1] |
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"Tooth."[5] |
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P. philemys[1] |
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"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."[6] |
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P. andrewsi[7] |
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T. bexelli[8] |
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Velociraptor[9] |
V. mongoliensis[9] |
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
- ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ "Tyrannosauridae," in Molnar (2001); page 347.
- ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
- ↑ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation" and "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Listed as "cf. Velociraptor mongoliensis" in "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
References
- Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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