Djadokhta Formation

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The Djadokhta Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in Mongolia renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur fossils, including iconic theropods and other desert-adapted fauna.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Djadokhta Formation canonical 2
Djadochta Formation 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ
age Campanian ⓘ
containsFossil Byronosaurus jaffei ⓘ
Citipati osmolskae ⓘ
Gobipteryx minuta ⓘ
Hulsanpes perlei ⓘ
Loolmalornis giganteus ⓘ
Oviraptor philoceratops ⓘ
Parvicursor remotus ⓘ
Pinacosaurus grangeri ⓘ
Protoceratops andrewsi ⓘ
linked to: Protoceratops

Saurornithoides mongoliensis ⓘ
linked to: Saurornitholestes

Shuvuuia deserti ⓘ
Velociraptor mongoliensis ⓘ
linked to: Velociraptor

crocodyliforms ⓘ
dinosaur eggs ⓘ
dinosaur nests ⓘ
mammaliaforms ⓘ
turtles ⓘ
various lizards ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Mongolia ⓘ
discoveredBy Central Asiatic Expeditions ⓘ
environment aeolian dune field ⓘ
arid desert ⓘ
fieldWorkBy American Museum of Natural History ⓘ
fossilPreservationMode entombment by collapsing dunes ⓘ
rapid burial in sand dunes ⓘ
geologicPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
geologicSystem Upper Cretaceous ⓘ
hasIconicSpecimen fighting dinosaurs (Velociraptor and Protoceratops) fossil ⓘ
hasStratigraphicUnit Bayn Dzak Member ⓘ
Tugrikin Shireh beds ⓘ
Ukhaa Tolgod beds ⓘ
lithology sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
notableFor exceptionally well-preserved dinosaur fossils ⓘ
fossil preservation in eolian sands ⓘ
three-dimensional articulated skeletons ⓘ
notableSite Bayn Dzak (Flaming Cliffs) ⓘ
Tugrikin Shireh ⓘ
Ukhaa Tolgod ⓘ
overlies Bayn Shireh Formation ⓘ
paleoclimate semi-arid to arid ⓘ
partOf Gobi Desert ⓘ
region Ömnögovi Province ⓘ
underlies Barun Goyot Formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Velociraptor → geologicalFormation → Djadokhta Formation ⓘ
Barun Goyot Formation → overlies → Djadokhta Formation ⓘ
Protoceratops → fossilSite → Djadochta Formation ⓘ
linked to: Djadokhta Formation