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."
Protoceratops
Velociraptor

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

References

  1. ↑ Xi, D.; Wan, X.; Li, G.; Li, G. (2018). "Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China". Science China Earth Sciences. 61: 1–31. doi:10.1007/s11430-017-9262-y.
  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  5. ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
  6. 1 2 "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
  7. ↑ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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