Dinosaur habitats from Upper Cretaceous eolian deposits in the Gobi desert, Mongolia

Authors

  • Mototaka Saneyoshi Faculty of Biosphere – Geosphere Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-0005, Japan
  • Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, P.O.B 46/650, S. Danzan Street 3/1, 4th khoroo, Chingeltei dis trict, Ulaanbaatar – 15160, Mongolia
  • Rinchen Barsbold Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, P.O.B 46/650, S. Danzan Street 3/1, 4th khoroo, Chingeltei dis trict, Ulaanbaatar – 15160, Mongolia
  • Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, P.O.B 46/650, S. Danzan Street 3/1, 4th khoroo, Chingeltei dis trict, Ulaanbaatar – 15160, Mongolia
  • Buuvei Mainbayar Institute of Paleontology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, P.O.B 46/650, S. Danzan Street 3/1, 4th khoroo, Chingeltei dis trict, Ulaanbaatar – 15160, Mongolia
  • Hirotsugu Nishido Faculty of Biosphere – Geosphere Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-0005, Japan
  • Shinobu Ishigaki Faculty of Biosphere – Geosphere Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-0005, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5564/mjp.v4i1.4586

Keywords:

dinosaur habitats, erg environments, Upper Cretaceous, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Abstract

 The Upper Cretaceous eolian sediments in the Gobi Desert Mongolia yield a large number of dinosaur fossils with good preservation, well known as one of most important dinosaur localities in the world. Furthermore, vertebrate fossils have been extensively found from the Djadokhta Formation in these areas, where any of tephra and micro-fossils for a key of geochronological examination has not been confirmed so far. Therefore, a stratigraphic assignment of the eolian sediments should be indispensable in advancing paleontological investigations on the evolution of the dinosaurs by comparison with those reported elsewhere in the world as well as geological study in these areas.

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2021-12-27

How to Cite

Saneyoshi, M., Tsogtbaatar, K., Barsbold, R., Chinzorig, T., Mainbayar, B., Nishido, H., & Ishigaki, S. (2021). Dinosaur habitats from Upper Cretaceous eolian deposits in the Gobi desert, Mongolia. Mongolian Journal of Paleontology, 4(1), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.5564/mjp.v4i1.4586

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2021)

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