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Iren Dabasu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Arshanto Formation
Area	Erenhot near Erlian city
Thickness	30 m (98 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, glutenite, claystone, siltstone
Location
Region	Inner Mongolia
Country	China

The Iren Dabasu Formation is a Mesozoic 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. It is located in the Iren Nor region of China, and dates from the Upper Cretaceous.

The ostracod and charophyte assemblages of the Iren Dabasu Formation has suggested a potential correlation with those of the Sifangtai Formation and the basal Mingshui Formation in the Songliao Basin (mid/late Campanian age). Vertebrates point to an older date than middle-late Campanian. The turtle Khunnuchelys is known from both Iren Dabasu and Baynshirenian-equivalent units such as the Bostobe and Bissekty. In addition, a giant Caenagnathid similar to Gigantoraptor is now known from the Baynshirenian beds of Tsagaan Teg. Like the coeval Baynshiree (or possibly Javkhlant) Formation in the Gobi, the dinosaur fauna of the Iren Dabasu Formation includes tyrannosaurs, ornithomimids, therizinosaurs and oviraptors.

Lithology

It is comprises continental clastic sediments consisting of light grey fine sandstones, coarse sandstones and glutenites as well as mottled claystones and siltstones. The fine-grained floodplain sediments and the coarse-grained sediments of the point bar formed a series of repeated frequently binary sedimentary rhythms. The “binary structure” of the sedimentary rhythms strongly indicates meandering stream deposits rather than braided river deposits as previously thought

Paleofauna

Dinosaur eggs are known from the formation.

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians

Saurischians

Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Alectrosaurus	A. olseni				A tyrannosaur that could grow up to an estimated 5 meters (16.4 feet) long, with long tibias. Also found in the Bayan Shireh Formation.
Archaeornithomimus	A. asiaticus			"Partial manus, metatarsus, vertebrae, limb elements."	An ornithomimid about 3.3 meters (11 feet) long, and weighed up to 50 kilograms (110 pounds). The hind limbs were robustly built.
Avimimus	A. portentosus				A caenagnathoid oviraptorosaur with a length of 1.5 meters (5 feet), at first believed to be an avialan. Also found in the Nemegt Formation.
Caenagnathasia	C. sp				A caenagnathoid oviraptorosaur unearthed in 2015.
Erliansaurus	E. bellamanus			"Partial skeleton."	A therizinosauroid therizinosaur estimated at 4 meters, the weight at 400 kilograms. For a therizinosauroid, its neck was rather short.
Garudimimus	Indeterminate
Gigantoraptor	G. erlianensis				A very large caenagnathid estimated at 8 meters (26 feet) and the weight at 2 tonnes (2.2 tons).
Mononykus	M. olecranus				A mononykin parvicursorine alvarezsaurid only 1 meter (3.3 ft.) long, differing from close relatives in several details of its skeleton, including a pubic bone that is triangular in cross section, and different proportions in the toe bones. Also found in the Nemegt Formation.
Neimongosaurus	N. yangi			" specimens with most of the axial column, many limb and girdle elements, dentary."	A therizinosauroid therizinosaur thought to have been about 2.3 meters in length.
Saurornithoides	Indeterminate
Sonidosaurus	S. saihangaobeinsis				A titanosaur sauropod about 9–10 meters (27–30 feet) long.
Velociraptor	Indeterminate

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. Xing, Hai; He Yiming; Li Liguo; Xi Dangpeng (2012). "A review on the study of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleontology of the Iren Dabasu Formation, Inner Mongolia.". In Dong Wei (ed.). Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Beijing: China Ocean Press. pp. 01–44.
3. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution," p. 598.
4. ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 439.
5. "Table 6.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 138.
6. ^ Yao, Xi; Wang, Xiao-Li; Sullivan, Corwin; Wang, Shuo; Stidham, Thomas; Xu, Xing (2015). "Caenagnathasia sp. (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Iren Dabasu Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Erenhot, Nei Mongol, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 53: 291–298.
7. ^ "Table 7.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 152.
8. ^ Listed as "?Garudimimus sp." in Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution," p. 598.
9. ^ Xu, X., Tan, Q., Wang, J., Zhao, X., and Tan, L. (2007). "A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China." Nature, 447(7146): 844-847.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

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