Öösh Formation
Öösh Formation | |
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Type | Ovorkhangai |
Country | Mongolia |
The Öösh Formation, also known as the Tevsh Formation is a geological
claystones and sandstones, along with black thinly laminated shales. The claystones and sandstones were deposited as part of an alluvial fan system, while the shales were deposited in lakes present in the foot of the fan.[2] Many of the fossils come from the "Cannonball beds", which comprise the lowest 60 metres of the unit and consist of green siltstone.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Öösh Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Asiatosaurus | A. mongoliensis | Teeth | Indeterminate sauropod
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Prodeinodon | P. mongoliensis | Several teeth, fragmentary tibia, fragmentary fibula | Indeterminate theropod
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Protiguanodon
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P. mongoliensis | Reclassified as a species of Psittacosaurus, Psittacosaurus protiguanodonensis | ||||
Psittacosaurus | P. mongoliensis | |||||
P. protiguanodonensis | Junior synonym of P. mongoliensis | |||||
Shanag[3] | S. ashile[3] |
Mammals
Mammals of the Öösh Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Gobiconodon[4] | G. hopsoni[4] | Cannonball Member of Öösh Formation, possibly equivalent of Tevsh Formation | Two upper and lower jaws (PSS-MAE 140 (Holotype) & PSS-MAE 139) |
Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs of the Öösh Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Indeterminate tapejaroid[2][5] | "Single cervical vertebra (IGM 100/1321)"[2] |
Squamates
Squamates of the Öösh Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Norellius[6] | N. nyctisaurops | "Nearly complete skull with mandibles and partial hyoid" | Gekkonomorph |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ a b c d Andres, B. and Norell, M.A. 2005. The first record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous strata of Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3472: 1–6. [1]
- ^ S2CID 31096081. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
- ^ a b Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Dashzeveg, D. (1998). "Early Cretaceous amphilestid ("triconodont") mammals from Mongolia" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 43 (3): 413–438.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tapejaroidea indet". Fossilworks. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- S2CID 128946074.