Minhe Formation

Minhe Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous,[1] Campanian–Maastrichtian

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Minhe Formation; Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous,[1] 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 an indeterminate pachycephalosaur, possibly affiliated with Prenocephale
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.
"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.
"Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
"Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
"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.
"3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.
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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