Ejinhoro Formation
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.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Fossil content
Mammals
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| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
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Genus:
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A single dentary |
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Dinosaurs
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| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
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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." |
A troodontid. | ||
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Isolated teeth. |
A stegosaurid. | ||
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A large stegosaurid. "Partial skeleton, plate, vertebra, adult." | |||
Pterosaurs
Indeterminate pterosaur remains have also been recovered from the formation.
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.
- ^ Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, Zhe-Xi Luo (2004). "Chapter 12: Metatherians". Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: origins, evolution, and structure. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-231-11918-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "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.
- ^ 2008 - Zitteliana - Pterosaurs