Ejinhoro Formation
Ejinhoro Formation Stratigraphic range: Aptian/Albian, 113 Ma | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Location | |
Region | Asia |
Country | China |
The Ejinhoro Formation (simplified Chinese: 伊金霍洛组; traditional Chinese: 伊金霍洛組; pinyin: Yījīnhuòluò Zǔ) is a geological formation in Inner Mongolia, north China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian/Albian age.[1]
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Ejinhoro Formation | ||||
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Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
Genus:
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Isolated teeth. |
A sauropod. |
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A ceratopsian. | |||
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A large saurischian. | |||
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"Near-complete articulated skeleton."[4] |
A troodontid. | ||
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Isolated teeth. |
A stegosaurid. | ||
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A large stegosaurid. "Partial skeleton, plate, vertebra, adult."[5] | |||
Indeterminate pterosaur remains have also been recovered from it.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Sereno, P.C. (2010). "Taxonomy, cranial morphology, and relationships of parrot-beaked dinosaurs (Ceratopsia: Psittacosaurus)." New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs. Bloomington: Indiana, 21-58.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 479.
- ↑ "Table 9.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 185.
- ↑ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
- ↑ http://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/12007/1/zitteliana_2008_b28_05.pdf
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