Khuren Dukh Formation

Khuren Dukh Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mid-Late Albian 107–100 Ma
Type Geological formation
Unit of Choyr Basin
Sub-units Lower, Middle & Upper Members
Underlies Terrace deposit, Basalt
Overlies Khalzan Uul Formation, Basement
Thickness Over 100 m
Lithology
Primary Sandstone, Conglomerate, Siltstone, Mudstone
Location
Region Asia
Country  Mongolia
Extent Dornogovi Province

The Khuren Dukh Formation (Mongolian: Хөхтээг формаци, Khökhteeg Formatsi) is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the middle to late Albian.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Hühteeg Svita
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Altirhinus

A. kurzanovi

"Complete skull, partial skull, associated postcrania, several individuals."[3]

a hadrosauroid ornithopod
Cast of the holotype skull of Altirhinus
'

Choyrodon[4]

C. barsboldi

partial skull, cervical ribs.

a hadrosauroid ornithopod

Iguanodon

I. orientalis

An indeterminate Iguanodont. A referred skull was reclassified as Altirhinus.

Harpymimus[5] H. okladnikovi Partial skeleton An ornithomimosaur

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nichols, Douglas J.; Matsukawa, Masaki; Ito, Makoto (2006-04). "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. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 415.
  4. ↑ Terry A. Gates; Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar; Lindsay E. Zanno; Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig; Mahito Watabe (2018). "A new iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia". PeerJ. 6: e5300. doi:10.7717/peerj.5300.
  5. ↑ Barsbold, R. and Perle, A. (1984). [On first new find of a primitive orithomimosaur from the Cretaceous of the MPR]. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 2: 121-123

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