Dohoin Usu Formation

Dohoin Usu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~85–71  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Gray, blue, sandy claystone and red, sandy claystone
Location
Coordinates	44°48′N105°00′E / 44.8°N 105.0°E / 44.8; 105.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	42°36′N93°48′E / 42.6°N 93.8°E / 42.6; 93.8
Country	Mongolia
Type section
Named for	Dohoin Usu
Dohoin Usu Formation (Mongolia)

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]

Fossil content

The formation has provided the following fossils: ^[1]

Reptiles

• Goniopholididae indet. ^[3]
• Hadrosauridae indet. ^[3]
• Nanhsiungchelyidae indet. ^[3]

Gastropods

• Gastropoda indet. ^[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

1. Dohoin Usu Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution.", pp.517-607
3. Osborn, 1930

Bibliography

• 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