Hühteeg Svita
| Hühteeg Svita Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous (?Berriasian - ?Barremian) |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Öösh Formation, Ondai Sair Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Dornogovi Province, Övörkhangai Province |
| Country | Mongolia |
The Hühteeg Svita (Mongolian: Хөхтээг формаци, Khökhteeg Formatsi) is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Dinosaurs reported from the Hühteeg Svita | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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A. kurzanovi |
"Complete skull, partial skull, associated postcrania, several individuals."[2] |
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Cast of the holotype skull of Altirhinus
Psittacosaurus fossil from the Hühteeg Svita with gastroliths in its stomach region, American Museum of Natural History
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A. mongoliensis |
Teeth. |
Indeterminate Sauropod. |
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I. orientalis |
An indeterminate Iguanodont. A referred skull was reclassified as Altirhinus. |
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P. mongoliensis |
Several teeth, fragmentary tibia, fragmentary fibula. |
Indeterminate Theropod. |
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P. mongoliensis |
Reclassified as a species of Psittacosaurus, Psittacosaurus protiguanodonensis. |
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P. mongoliensis |
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P. protiguanodonensis |
Junior synonym of P. mongoliensis. |
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S. ashile[3] |
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Mammals
| Mammals of the Hühteeg Svita | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Gobiconodon[4] | G. hopsoni[4] | Cannonball Member of Öösh Formation, possibly equivalent of Tevsh Formation. | Two upper and lower jaws (PSS-MAE 140 (Holotype) & PSS-MAE 139) | |||
Pterosaurs
| Pterosaurs of the Hühteeg Svita | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Indeterminate Tapejaroid[5] | "Single Vertebra".[5] | |||||
See also
References
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- ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 415.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Andres, B. and Norell, M.A. 2005. The first record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous strata of Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3472: 1–6. [1]
