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Mongolia has complicated tectonic and structural geology, belonging to the Mongolian-Okhotsk Mobile Zone, between the Siberian Platform and Chinese Platform.The basement rocks formed during the Paleozoic in the Precambrian as Riphean age ophiolite formations experienced rifting from 1.7 to 1.6 billion years ago and again around 800 million years ago.
Fossil localities in Mongolia. From C to D, mainly Bayan Shireh locations The Bayan Shireh Formation (also known as Baynshiree/Baynshire , Baynshirenskaya Svita or Baysheen Shireh ) is a geological formation in Mongolia , that dates to the Cretaceous period.
Cretaceous-aged dinosaur fossil localities of Mongolia.Djadochta localities at area B. The Djadochta formation was first documented and explored—though only a single locality—during paleontological expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History in 1922–1925, which were part of the Central Asiatic expeditions.
The Argun terrane is a rock unit in Transbaikalia and Mongolia, located in the Mongol-Okhotsk Fold Belt. It has been suggested that it formed part of the palaeocontinent Amuria . [ 1 ] It is connected to the metamorphic complexes of the Siberian craton in the northern region, which is characterized by a narrow strip of mylonites. [ 1 ]
The Nemegt Formation (also known as Nemegtskaya Svita) 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.
The first remains of Therizinosaurus were found in 1948 by a Mongolian field expedition at the Gobi Desert and later described by Evgeny Maleev in 1954. The genus is only known from a few bones, including gigantic manual unguals (claw bones), from which it gets its name, and additional findings comprising fore and hindlimb elements that were ...
The Iren Dabasu Formation (also known as Erlian Formation) is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in the Iren Nor region of Inner Mongolia. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Geology portal; Geological formations of Mongolia. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ...