Minhe Formation

Minhe Formation Stratigraphic range: Campanian to Maastrichtian[1]
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Asia

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.^[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.^[3]

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Discredited taxon Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.

Dinosaurs reported from the Minhe Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Heishansaurus[1]	H. pachycephalus[1]	Gansu[1]		"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."[4]		Protoceratops
Microceratops[1]	M. gobiensis[1]	Gansu[1]		"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."[5]
	M. sulcidens[1]	Gansu[1]		"Tooth."[5]
Peishansaurus[1]	P. philemys[1]	Gansu[1]		"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."[6]
Protoceratops[7]	P. andrewsi[7]	Gansu[1] Inner Mongolia[8]
Troodon[8]	T. bexelli[8]	Inner Mongolia[8]
Velociraptor[9]	V. mongoliensis[9]	Inner Mongolia[8]

See also

	Earth sciences portal
	Paleontology portal
	Dinosaurs portal

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
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. ^ "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.

References

• 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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.