Bayin-Gobi Formation

Bayin-Gobi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Unit of Yin-E Basin
Underlies Suhongtu Formation
Overlies Permian metamorphic basement
Thickness 100-2120 m
Lithology
Primary Mudstone, Siltstone, Conglomerate
Other Sandstone
Location
Region Asia
Country  China
Extent Inner Mongolia

The Bayin-Gobi Formation or Bayingebi Formation (simplified Chinese: 巴音戈壁组; traditional Chinese: 巴音戈壁組; pinyin: Bāyīn Gēbì Zǔ) is a geological formation in Inner Mongolia, north China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous period.

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ "Table 7.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 152.
  3. ↑ Xing Xu; Jonah Choiniere; Qingwei Tan; Roger B.J. Benson; James Clark; Corwin Sullivan; Qi Zhao; Fenglu Han; Qingyu Ma; Yiming He; Shuo Wang; Hai Xing; Lin Tan (2018). "Two Early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution". Current Biology. Online edition. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.057.
  4. ↑ Carpenter, K & Ishida, Y (2010). "Early and 'Middle' Cretaceous Iguanodonts in Time and Space," Journal of Iberian Geology, 36(2);145-164.
  5. ↑ Xing Xu; Qingwei Tan; Yilong Gao; Zhiqiang Bao; Zhigang Yin; Bin Guo; Junyou Wang; Lin Tan; Yuguang Zhang; Hai Xing (2018). "A large-sized basal ankylopollexian from East Asia, shedding light on early biogeographic history of Iguanodontia". Science Bulletin. in press. doi:10.1016/j.scib.2018.03.016.

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