Shinekhudag Svita
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The Shinekhudag Svita is a geological formation in Dundgov, Mongolia whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous
. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...
. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.
Vertebrate paleofauna
- Harpymimus okladnikoviHarpymimusHarpymimus is a basal ornithomimosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. Unlike later, more derived ornithomimosaurs, Harpymimus still possessed teeth, although they appear to have been restricted to the dentary of the lower jaw.-Discovery and naming:In...
"Skull with associated incompleted postcranium." - "Iguanodon orientalisIguanodonIguanodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived roughly halfway between the first of the swift bipedal hypsilophodontids and the ornithopods' culmination in the duck-billed dinosaurs...
" - Psittacosaurus mongoliensisPsittacosaurusPsittacosaurus is a genus of psittacosaurid ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Asia, about 130 to 100 million years ago. It is notable for being the most species-rich dinosaur genus...