The Minhe Formation () is a geological formation in northwestern China, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous period.

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. .

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.

Dinosaurs reported from the Minhe Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes ImagesHeishansaurusH. pachycephalus Gansu"Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments.""Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 466.MicroceratusM. gobiensis Gansu"Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania.""Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.M. sulcidens Gansu"Tooth."Peishansaurus"3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 598.P. philemys Gansu"Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth.""Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.Protoceratops"3.3 Gansu, People's Republic of China; 1. Minhe Formation" and "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.P. andrewsi Gansu Inner MongoliaTroodon"3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.T. bexelliInner MongoliaReclassified as a new genus of pachycephalosaur,Sinocephale and reidentified as provenant from the Ulansuhai FormationVelociraptorListed as "cf. Velociraptor mongoliensis" in "3.3 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 3. Minhe Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 598-599.V. mongoliensis Inner Mongolia

See also

List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

Bibliography Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363. Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .