- Source: Minhe Formation
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.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
= Dinosaurs
=A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.
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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.