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]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

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

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa 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]
Protoceratops

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

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "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. 1 2 "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
  6. ↑ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
  7. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
  9. 1 2 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


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