Andaikhudag Formation
Andaikhudag Formation Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian-Barremian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 46°00′N 99°36′E / 46.0°N 99.6°ECoordinates: 46°00′N 99°36′E / 46.0°N 99.6°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 47°12′N 100°18′E / 47.2°N 100.3°E |
Region | Bayankhongor Province |
Country | ![]() |
![]() ![]() Andaikhudag Formation (Mongolia) |
The Andaikhudag Formation, in older literature referred to as Unduruh Formation or Ondorukhaa Formation, is an Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Barremian) geologic formation in Mongolia.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Fossil content[]
The following fossils have been reported from the lacustrine shales and secondary sandstones of the formation:[1]
- Birds
- Insects
- Hymenoptera
- Diptera
- Coleoptera
- Plecoptera
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Tsagaantsav Formation
References[]
- ^ a b Andaikhudag Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- ^ Kurochkin, 2000
- ^ "Table 11.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.214
- ^ Zelenkov & Averianov, 2015
- ^ Rasnitsyn, 1991
- ^ Rasnitsyn, 1993
- ^ Kopylov, 2009
- ^ Blagoderov, 2000
- ^ Kalugina, 1993
- ^ a b Ponomarenko, 1997
- ^ Sinitshenkova, 1987
Bibliography[]
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- Paleontological Journal 43. 83–93. . 2009. A new subfamily of Ichneumonids from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia and Mongolia (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae).
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
- Paleontological Journal 34. S355–S359. . 2000. New fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Asia.
- . 2000. Mesozoic birds of Mongolia and the former USSR in M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), 533–559. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia.
- Paleontological Journal 31. 389–399. . 1997. New beetles of the family Cupedidae from the Mesozoic of Mongolia - Ommatini, Mesocupedini, Priacmini.
- . 1993. Khaoboridy i Komary-zvontsy iz Mezozoya vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya (Diptera: Chaoboridae, Chironomidae). in, 117–139. A. G. Ponomarenko (ed.), Mezozoyskie Nasekomye i Ostrakody Azii.
- . 1993. Novye taksony sepulek (Vespida: Sepulcidae) in, 80–99. A. G. Ponomarenko (ed.) Mezozoyskie Nasekomye i Ostrakody Azii.
- Paleontological Journal 25. 172–179. . 1991. Early Cretaceous evanimorphous hymenopteran families Stigmaphronidae and Cretevaniidae and the subfamily Kotujellitinae (Gasteruptiidae).
- . 1987. Istopicheskoe razvitie vesiyanok. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 221. 1–142.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Mongolia
- Lower Cretaceous Series of Asia
- Cretaceous Mongolia
- Barremian Stage
- Hauterivian Stage
- Shale formations
- Sandstone formations
- Lacustrine deposits
- Paleontology in Mongolia
- Bayankhongor Province