Tsagaantsav Svita

The Tsagaantsav Svita is an Early Cretaceous (Berriasian to Valanginian) geologic formation. Indeterminate sauropod and psittacosaurid remains have been recovered from the formation.[1] Remains of the pterosaur Noripterus, which were originally given their own genus, "Phobetor" have also been recovered from it.[2][3]

Tsagaantsav Svita
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian - Valanginian
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionKhovd Province
CountryMongolia

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.
  3. Lü, J., Azuma, Y., Dong, Z., Barsbold, R., Kobayashi, Y., and Lee, Y.-N. (2009), "New material of dsungaripterid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from western Mongolia and its palaeoecological implications." Geological Magazine, 146(5): 690-700.

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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