Nemegt

316 occ. 80 taxa (14 genera) 1 countries

Description

The Nemegt Formation is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous. The formation consists of river channel sediments and contains fossils of fish, turtles, crocodilians, and a diverse fauna of dinosaurs, including birds.

Genera

14 genera

Tarbosaurus

Dinosaurs

Valid 26 occ. · 90 Ma

Gallimimus

Dinosaurs

Valid 14 occ. · 94 Ma

Saurolophus

Dinosaurs

Valid 11 occ. · 84 Ma

Valid Formal taxon 1 occ. · 101 Ma

Valid Formal taxon 1 occ. · 126 Ma

Valid 1 occ. · 101 Ma

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Image of field locality of Avimimus bonebed, showing regional sedimentological structures. Note people bottom right for scale. © Gregory F. Funston, Philip J. Currie, David A. Eberth, Michael J. Ryan, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Demchig Badamgarav & Nicholas R. Longrich · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Geological group / Member

Upper 13

Top countries

🇲🇳 Mongolia 316

Depositional environments

Terrestrial indet. 153

Fluvial indet. 93

Fine channel fill 19

Eolian indet. 18

Fluvial-lacustrine indet. 18

dry floodplain 8

Crevasse splay 6

Coarse channel fill 1

Top collectors

HMNS-GIN 148

PMPE 62

Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Project 47

SMPE 22

MPE 9

SMGE 8

Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Expedition (KID) 7

SMPE/SMGE 6

Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Expedition 5

Z. Kielan-Jaworowska 5

Skarzynski 4

PMPE 3 3

Collection activity by decade

1940s 38

1960s 74

1970s 42

1980s 14

1990s 273

2000s 237

2010s 55