Minhe Formation

Minhe Formation
Minhe Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian to Maastrichtian[1]
Type Geological formation
Location
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]

Contents

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.[3]

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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Discredited taxon Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Minhe Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Heishansaurus[1]

H. pachycephalus[1]

"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."[4]

Microceratops[1]

M. gobiensis[1]

"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."[5]

M. sulcidens[1]

"Tooth."[5]

Peishansaurus[1]

P. philemys[1]

"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."[6]

Protoceratops[7]

P. andrewsi[7]

Troodon[8]

T. bexelli[8]

  • Inner Mongolia[8]

Velociraptor[9]

V. mongoliensis[9]

  • Inner Mongolia[8]

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Tyrannosauridae," in Molnar (2001); page 347.
  4. ^ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
  5. ^ a b "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
  6. ^ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
  7. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
  9. ^ a b 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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