Khuren Dukh Formation (Redirected from Khukhtek Formation)
Khuren Dukh Formation Stratigraphic range: Mid-Late Albian 107–100 Ma | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Choyr Basin |
Sub-units | Lower, Middle & Upper Members |
Underlies | Terrace deposit, Basalt |
Overlies | Khalzan Uul Formation, Basement |
Thickness | Over 100 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, Conglomerate, Siltstone, Mudstone |
Location | |
Region | Asia |
Country | Mongolia |
Extent | Dornogovi Province |
The Khuren Dukh Formation (Mongolian: Хөхтээг формаци, Khökhteeg Formatsi) is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the middle to late Albian.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs reported from the Hühteeg Svita | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
A. kurzanovi |
"Complete skull, partial skull, associated postcrania, several individuals."[3] |
a hadrosauroid ornithopod |
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C. barsboldi |
partial skull, cervical ribs. |
a hadrosauroid ornithopod | ||||
I. orientalis |
An indeterminate Iguanodont. A referred skull was reclassified as Altirhinus. | |||||
Harpymimus[5] | H. okladnikovi | Partial skeleton | An ornithomimosaur |
See also
References
- ^ Nichols, Douglas J.; Matsukawa, Masaki; Ito, Makoto (April 2006). "Palynology and age of some Cretaceous nonmarine deposits in Mongolia and China". Cretaceous Research. 27 (2): 241–251. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2005.11.004. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 415.
- ^ Terry A. Gates; Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar; Lindsay E. Zanno; Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig; Mahito Watabe (2018). "A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia". PeerJ. 6: e5300. doi:10.7717/peerj.5300.
- ^ Barsbold, R. and Perle, A. (1984). [On first new find of a primitive orithomimosaur from the Cretaceous of the MPR]. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 2: 121-123
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