Ejinhoro Formation
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The Ejinhoro Formation (Script error: No such module "Lang-zh".) is a geological formation in Inner Mongolia, north China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous period (Barremian).[1]
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Fossil content
Mammals
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Genus:
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A single dentary[3] |
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Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs | ||||
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| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
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Genus:
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Isolated teeth. |
A sauropod. |
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A ceratopsian. | |||
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A large saurischian. | |||
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"Near-complete articulated skeleton."[5] |
A troodontid. | ||
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Isolated teeth. |
A stegosaurid. | ||
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A large stegosaurid. "Partial skeleton, plate, vertebra, adult."[6] | |||
Pterosaurs
Indeterminate pterosaur remains have also been recovered from the formation.[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ 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. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 479.
- ↑ "Table 9.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 185.
- ↑ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
- ↑ 2008 - Zitteliana - Pterosaurs
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