The Dohoin Usu Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Campanian) geologic formation in Mongolia.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[2]
| Dohoin Usu Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Gray, blue, sandy claystone and red, sandy claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 44°48′N 105°00′E / 44.8°N 105.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 42°36′N 93°48′E / 42.6°N 93.8°E |
| Country |  Mongolia |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Dohoin Usu |
  Dohoin Usu Formation (Mongolia) | |
Fossil content
editThe formation has provided the following fossils:[1]
- Reptiles
- Gastropods
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Dohoin Usu Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution.", pp.517-607
- ^ a b c d Osborn, 1930
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
- Osborn, H. F (1930), "Ancient vertebrate life of central Asia: discoveries of the central Asiatic expeditions of the Museum of Natural History in the years 1921–1929", Centenaire de la Société géologique de France. Livre jubilaire 1830-1930, 2: 519–543