Ejinhoro Formation

Ejinhoro Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Albian
113 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherMudstone, siltstone
Location
Coordinates39°24′N 108°24′E / 39.4°N 108.4°E / 39.4; 108.4Coordinates: 39°24′N 108°24′E / 39.4°N 108.4°E / 39.4; 108.4
Approximate paleocoordinates40°30′N 105°30′E / 40.5°N 105.5°E / 40.5; 105.5
RegionInner Mongolia
Country China
ExtentOrdos Basin
Ejinhoro Formation is located in China
Ejinhoro Formation
Ejinhoro Formation (China)
Ejinhoro Formation is located in Inner Mongolia
Ejinhoro Formation
Ejinhoro Formation (Inner Mongolia)

The Ejinhoro Formation (simplified Chinese: 伊金霍洛组; traditional Chinese: 伊金霍洛組; pinyin: Yījīnhuòluò Zǔ) is a geological formation in Inner Mongolia, north China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian/Albian age.

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Fossil content

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. C. sp.

Isolated teeth.

A sauropod.

  1. P. neimongoliensis
  2. P. ordosensis
A ceratopsian.
  1. "[One] nearly complete skeleton and other fragmentary material."
  2. "Partial cranial material."
  1. indeterminate
A large saurischian.
  1. S. youngi

"Near-complete articulated skeleton."

A troodontid.
  1. indeterminate

Isolated teeth.

A stegosaurid.

  1. W. ordosensis
A large stegosaurid. "Partial skeleton, plate, vertebra, adult."

Indeterminate pterosaur remains have also been recovered from the formation.

See also


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