Minhe Formation

Minhe Formation
Minhe Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian–Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Unconformity: Hekou Group
Lithology
Primary	Red or variegated clastic rock
Location
Region	Gansu, Inner Mongolia
Country	China

The Minhe Formation (simplified Chinese: 民和组; traditional Chinese: 民和組; pinyin: Mínhé Zǔ) is a geological formation in northwestern China, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous period.

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.^[3]

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 Minhe Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Heishansaurus^[4]	H. pachycephalus^[4]	Gansu^[4]		"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."^[5]		Protoceratops Velociraptor
Microceratus^[4]	M. gobiensis^[4]	Gansu^[4]		"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."^[6]
Microceratus^[4]	M. sulcidens^[4]	Gansu^[4]		"Tooth."^[6]
Peishansaurus^[4]	P. philemys^[4]	Gansu^[4]		"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."^[7]
Protoceratops^[8]	P. andrewsi^[8]	Gansu^[4] Inner Mongolia^[9]
Troodon^[9]	T. bexelli^[9]	Inner Mongolia^[9]			Reclassified as a new genus of pachycephalosaur,Sinocephale and reidentified as provenant from the Ulansuhai Formation
Velociraptor^[10]	V. mongoliensis^[10]	Inner Mongolia^[9]

^ Xi, D.; Wan, X.; Li, G.; Li, G. (2018). "Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China". Science China Earth Sciences. 61: 1–31. doi:10.1007/s11430-017-9262-y.
^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
^ "Tyrannosauridae," in Molnar (2001); page 347.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.
^ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.
^ ^a ^b "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
^ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
^ ^a ^b "3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation" and "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
^ ^a ^b Listed as "cf. Velociraptor mongoliensis" in "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.

Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363.
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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