Minhe Formation
Geological formation in northwestern China
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The Minhe Formation (simplified Chinese: 民和组; traditional Chinese: 民和組; pinyin: Mínhé Zǔ) is a geological formation in northwestern China, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous period.
| Minhe Formation | |
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| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous,[1] | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Overlies | Unconformity: Hekou Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Red or variegated clastic rock |
| Location | |
| Region | Gansu, Inner Mongolia |
| Country |  China |
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.[3]
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Dinosaurs reported from the Minhe Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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H. pachycephalus[4] |
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"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments."[5] |
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M. gobiensis[4] |
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"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania."[6] |
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M. sulcidens[4] |
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"Tooth."[6] |
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P. philemys[4] |
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"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth."[7] |
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P. andrewsi[8] |
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T. bexelli[9] |
Inner Mongolia[9] |
Reclassified as a new genus of pachycephalosaur,Sinocephale and reidentified as provenant from the Ulansuhai Formation | ||||
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V. mongoliensis[10] |
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