Minhe Formation
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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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H. pachycephalus[3] |
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"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."[4] |
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M. gobiensis[3] |
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"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."[5] |
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M. sulcidens[3] |
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"Tooth."[5] |
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P. philemys[3] |
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"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."[6] |
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P. andrewsi[7] |
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T. bexelli[8] |
Inner Mongolia[8] |
Reclassified as a new genus of pachycephalosaur,Sinocephale and reidentified as provenant from the Ulansuhai Formation | ||||
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V. mongoliensis[9] |
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See also
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References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Tyrannosauridae," in Molnar (2001); page 347.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
- ↑ a b "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
- ↑ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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