Murtoi Formation
Appearance
Murtoi Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Barremian-Mid Aptian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Khambin & Mogoito Members |
Underlies | Ubukun Formation |
Overlies | Volcanic rocks |
Area | Lake Gusinoye depression |
Thickness | About 200 m (660 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate, sandstone, clay |
Location | |
Coordinates | 51°18′N 106°24′E / 51.3°N 106.4°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 53°00′N 104°30′E / 53.0°N 104.5°E |
Region | Transbaikalia |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | Buryatia |
The Murtoi Formation is a geologic formation in vicinity of Lake Gusinoye in Russia. It was deposited in the late Barremian to the mid Aptian of the Early Cretaceous.
Paleofauna
[edit]- Kirgizemys dmitrievi
- Tengrisaurus starkovi[1]
- Khurendukhosaurus bajkalensis
- Murtoilestes abramovi
- Stichopterus sp.
- Psittacosaurus.sp[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Averianov, Alexander; Skutschas, Pavel (2017). "A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia". Biological Communications. 62 (1): 6–18. doi:10.21638/11701/spbu03.2017.102. hdl:11701/6286. ISSN 2542-2154.
- ^ Averianov, Alexander; Starkov, Alexei; Skutschas, Pavel (2003-09-12). "Dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Murtoi Formation in Buryatia, eastern Russia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (3): 586–594. Bibcode:2003JVPal..23..586A. doi:10.1671/a1006. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 128497165.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
Further reading
[edit]- I. G. Danilov, A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas and A. S. Rezvyi. 2006. Kirgizemys (Testudines, 'Macrobaenidae'): new material from the Lower Cretaceous of Buryatia (Russia) and taxonomic revision. Russian Journal of Herpetology 1:46-62