Barun Goyot Formation

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The Barun Goyot Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock formation in Mongolia renowned for its rich fossil beds, including remains of the dinosaur Velociraptor.

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Label Occurrences
Barun Goyot Formation canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil-bearing stratigraphic unit ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
sedimentary rock formation ⓘ
ageInMa approximately 80–72 million years ago ⓘ
containsFossilsOf Bagaceratops ⓘ
Gobipteryx ⓘ
linked to: Gobipteryx minuta

Mononykus ⓘ
Nemegtomaia ⓘ
Pinacosaurus ⓘ
Protoceratops ⓘ
Shuvuuia ⓘ
linked to: Shuvuuia deserti

Velociraptor ⓘ
Velociraptor mongoliensis ⓘ
linked to: Velociraptor

birds ⓘ
crocodyliforms ⓘ
dinosaurs ⓘ
lizards ⓘ
mammals ⓘ
turtles ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Mongolia ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment aeolian ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
fossilRichness high ⓘ
geologicalAge Campanian ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
hasStratigraphicRank formation ⓘ
lithology claystone ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn Gobi Desert ⓘ
Ömnögovi Province ⓘ
namedAfter Barun Goyot area ⓘ
notableFor rich vertebrate fossil assemblages ⓘ
well-preserved dinosaur fossils ⓘ
overlies Djadokhta Formation ⓘ
paleontologicalSignificance important for Late Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems of Mongolia ⓘ
partOf Gobi Group ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
rockType clastic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Mesozoic ⓘ
underlies Nemegt Formation ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Velociraptor → geologicalFormation → Barun Goyot Formation ⓘ
Djadokhta Formation → underlies → Barun Goyot Formation ⓘ