Murtoi Formation

Murtoi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Barremian-Mid Aptian
Type Geological formation
Sub-units Khambin Member, Mogoito Member
Underlies Ubukun Formation
Overlies Volcanic rocks
Area Lake Gusinoye depression
Thickness About 200 m
Lithology
Primary Conglomerate, Sandstone, Clay
Location
Region Transbaikalia
Country  Russia
Extent Buryatia

The Murtoi Formation is a geologic formation in vicinity of Lake Gusinoye in Russia. It was deposited in the late Barremian to the mid Aptian of the Early Cretaceous The dinosaur Tengrisaurus and an indeterminate species of Psittacosaurus are known from the formation.[1][2]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Averianov, Alexander; Skutschas, Pavel (2017). "A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia". Biological Communications. 62 (1): 6–18. doi:10.21638/11701/spbu03.2017.102. ISSN 2542-2154.
  2. ↑ Averianov, Alexander; Starkov, Alexei; Skutschas, Pavel (2003-09-12). "Dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Murtoi Formation in Buryatia, eastern Russia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (3): 586–594. doi:10.1671/a1006. ISSN 0272-4634.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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