Minhe Formation

Minhe Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian–Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
OverliesUnconformity: Hekou Group
Lithology
PrimaryRed or variegated clastic rock
Location
RegionGansu, Inner Mongolia
Country China

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.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

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

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

H. pachycephalus

  • Gansu

"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."

Microceratus

M. gobiensis

  • Gansu

"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."

M. sulcidens

  • Gansu

"Tooth."

Peishansaurus

P. philemys

  • Gansu

"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."

Protoceratops

P. andrewsi

  • Gansu
  • Inner Mongolia

Troodon

T. bexelli

Inner Mongolia

Reclassified as a new genus of pachycephalosaur,Sinocephale and reidentified as provenant from the Ulansuhai Formation

Velociraptor

V. mongoliensis

  • Inner Mongolia

See also


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