Khukhtek_Formation
The Khuren Dukh Formation, also known as the Khukhtyk Formation, Khukhteeg Formation, or Hühteeg Svita, (Mongolian: Хөхтээг формаци, Khökhteeg Formatsi), is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the Aptian–Albian ages of the Early Cretaceous.[2][3] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[4]
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Khuren Dukh Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian),[1] 119.7–100 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Lower, Middle & Upper Members |
Underlies | Terrace deposit, Basalt |
Overlies | Khalzan Uul Formation, Basement |
Thickness | Over 100 m (330 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 45.9°N 108.4°E / 45.9; 108.4 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 49.3°N 100.2°E / 49.3; 100.2 |
Region | Dornogovi Province |
Country | Mongolia |
Extent | Choyr Basin |
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Dinosaurs
More information Dinosaurs of the Khuren Dukh Formation (Hühteeg Svita), Genus ...
Dinosaurs of the Khuren Dukh Formation (Hühteeg Svita) | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Altirhinus | A. kurzanovi | "Complete skull, partial skull, associated postcrania, several individuals."[5] | A hadrosauroid ornithopod | |||
Choyrodon[6] | C. barsboldi | Partial skull, cervical ribs | A hadrosauroid ornithopod | |||
Iguanodon | I. orientalis | An indeterminate Iguanodont. A referred skull was reclassified as Altirhinus. | ||||
Harpymimus[7] | H. okladnikovi | Partial skeleton | An ornithomimosaur | |||
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Choristoderes
More information Choristoderes of the Khuren Dukh Formation (Hühteeg Svita), Genus ...
Choristoderes of the Khuren Dukh Formation (Hühteeg Svita) | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Khurendukhosaurus | K. orlovi, Indeterminate | Partial skeleton | Long-necked choristodere | |||
Tchoiria | T. namsarai | Crocodile-like neochoristoderan. |
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
- Hasegawa, Hitoshi; Ando, Hisao; Hasebe, Noriko; Ichinnorov, Niiden; Ohta, Tohru; Hasegawa, Takashi; Yamamoto, Masanobu; Li, Gang; Erdenetsogt, Bat‐Orshikh; Heimhofer, Ulrich; Murata, Takayuki; Shinya, Hironori; Enerel, G.; Oyunjargal, G.; Munkhtsetseg, O. (2018-02-27). "Depositional ages and characteristics of Middle– Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in southeastern Mongolia". Island Arc. 27 (3). doi:10.1111/iar.12243. ISSN 1038-4871.
- Nosova, Natalya; Kostina, Elena (2022-09-01). "New findings of the female reproductive structures of Umaltolepis Krassilov and associated leaves of Pseudotorellia Florin in the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 304: 104696. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104696. ISSN 0034-6667.
- Nichols et al., 2006
- Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.563-570
- "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 415.
- Gates et al., 2018
- Barsbold & Perle, 1984
Bibliography
- Gates, Terry A.; Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar; Lindsay E. Zanno; Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, and Mahito Watabe. 2018. A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. PeerJ 6. e5300. . doi:10.7717/peerj.5300 PMC 6078070 PMID 30083450
- Nichols, Douglas J.; Masaki Matsukawa, and Makoto Ito. 2006. Palynology and age of some Cretaceous nonmarine deposits in Mongolia and China. Cretaceous Research 27(2). 241–251. . doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2005.11.004 ISSN 0195-6671
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Barsbold, R., and A. Perle. 1984. On first new find of a primitive orithomimosaur from the Cretaceous of the MPR. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2. 121-123. .