The Dariv Formation is a Late Jurassic geologic formation in Govi-Altay, Mongolia.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the mudstones and sandstones of the formation.[2]
| Dariv Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 46°18′N 94°06′E / 46.3°N 94.1°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 48°18′N 95°48′E / 48.3°N 95.8°E |
| Region | Govi-Altai Province |
| Country |  Mongolia |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Dariv |
  Dariv Formation (Mongolia) | |
Fossil content
edit- Mamenchisaurus sp. (sauropod indet)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 12 km south of Dariv at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
edit- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
edit- S. A. Graham, M. S. Hendrix, R. Barsbold, D. Badamgarav, D. Sjostrom, W. Kirschner, and J. S. McIntosh. 1997. Stratigraphic occurrence, paleoenvironment, and description of the oldest known dinosaur (Late Jurassic) from Mongolia. Palaios 12:292-297
- M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, L. Uranbileg and L. Gereltsetseg. 2004. Report on the Japan-Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 2002. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 2:97-122
- M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, T. Tsuihiji and R. Barsbold. 2003. The first discovery of diverse Jurassic dinosaur faunas in Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3, suppl.):108A