The Khuren Dukh Formation, also known as the Hühteeg Svita, ( mn, Хөхтээг формаци, ) is a geological
formation
Formation may refer to:
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Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
in Mongolia whose strata date back to the middle to late
Albian
The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/Series. Its approximate time range is 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 100.5 ± 0.9 M ...
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[Nichols et al., 2006] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
[Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.563-570]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Choristoderes
See also
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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
Containing body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
** List of stratigraphic units with ...
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Geologic formations of Mongolia
Lower Cretaceous Series of Asia
Cretaceous Mongolia
Albian Stage
Sandstone formations
Mudstone formations
Lacustrine deposits
Paleontology in Mongolia
Formations