Javkhlant Formation

The Javkhlant Formation is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous possibly Santonian to Campanian. Yamaceratops dorngobiensis and Haya griva been found in the formation.[1][2] Also fossilized nesting sites were found in the formation.[3]

Javkhlant Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian
~85 Ma
TypeGeological formation
OverliesBayan Shireh Formation
Thickness380 m (1,250 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
OtherSandstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates44.4°N 109.4°E / 44.4; 109.4
Approximate paleocoordinates44.6°N 98.8°E / 44.6; 98.8
RegionDornogov
Country Mongolia
Type section
Named byKhand et al.
Year defined2000
Javkhlant Formation (Mongolia)

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

  1. Eberth et al., 2009
  2. Makovicky et al., 2011
  3. Tanaka et al., 2019

Bibliography

  • Tanaka, K.; Y. Kobayashi; D.K. Zelenitsky; F. Therrien; Y.-N. Lee; R. Barsbold; K. Kubota; H.-J. Lee, and T. Chinzorig and D. Idersaikhan. 2019. Exceptional preservation of a Late Cretaceous dinosaur nesting site from Mongolia reveals colonial nesting behavior in a non-avian theropod. Geology 47. 843-847.
  • Makovicky, Peter J.; Brandon M. Kilbourne; Rudyard W. Sadleir; Mark A. Norell (2011). "A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (3): 626–640. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.557114.
  • Eberth, D.A.; Y. Kobayashi; Y.N. Lee; O. Mateus; F. Therrien; D.K. Zelenitsky, and M.A. Norrell. 2009. Assignment of Yamaceratops dorngobiensis and associated redbeds at Shine Us Khudag (eastern Gobi, Dorngobi Province, Mongolia) to the redescribed Javkhlant Formation (Upper Cretaceous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29. 295–302. doi:10.1080/02724634.2009.10010384
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