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The '''Khuren Dukh Formation''' ({{lang-mn|Хөхтээг формаци}}, {{lang|mn-latn|Khökhteeg Formatsi}}) is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in Mongolia whose strata date back to the [[Early Cretaceous]]. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">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}}.</ref>
The '''Khuren Dukh Formation''' ({{lang-mn|Хөхтээг формаци}}, {{lang|mn-latn|Khökhteeg Formatsi}}) is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in Mongolia whose strata date back to the middle to late [[Albian]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nichols|first=Douglas J.|last2=Matsukawa|first2=Masaki|last3=Ito|first3=Makoto|date=2006-04|title=Palynology and age of some Cretaceous nonmarine deposits in Mongolia and China|url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667105001229|journal=Cretaceous Research|volume=27|issue=2|pages=241–251|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2005.11.004|issn=0195-6671}}</ref> Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">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}}.</ref>


==Vertebrate paleofauna==
==Vertebrate paleofauna==
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An indeterminate [[Iguanodont]]. A referred skull was reclassified as ''Altirhinus''.
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Revision as of 16:30, 4 August 2018

Khuren Dukh Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mid-Late Albian 107–100 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofChoyr Basin
Sub-unitsLower, Middle & Upper Members
UnderliesTerrace deposit, Basalt
OverliesKhalzan Uul Formation, Basement
ThicknessOver 100 m
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, Conglomerate, Siltstone, Mudstone
Location
RegionAsia
Country Mongolia
ExtentDornogovi 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
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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 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. {{cite journal}}: 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.

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