Minhe Formation

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The Minhe Formation (Template:Zh) 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.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.[2]

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Dinosaurs reported from the Minhe Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Heishansaurus[3]

H. pachycephalus[3]

"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."[4]

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Protoceratops
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Velociraptor

Microceratus[3]

M. gobiensis[3]

"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."[5]

M. sulcidens[3]

"Tooth."[5]

Peishansaurus[3]

P. philemys[3]

"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."[6]

Protoceratops[7]

P. andrewsi[7]

Troodon[8]

T. bexelli[8]

Inner Mongolia[8]

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

Velociraptor[9]

V. mongoliensis[9]

  • Inner Mongolia[8]

See also

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References

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  1. 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. Template:ISBN.
  2. "Tyrannosauridae," in Molnar (2001); page 347.
  3. a b c d e f g h i j k l "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
  4. "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
  5. a b "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
  6. "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
  7. a b "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.
  8. a b c d e "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
  9. a b 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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Bibliography

  • Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363.
  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. Template:ISBN.

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