The Alagteeg Formation is a geological formation in Mongolia whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600 It predominantly consists of alternating reddish brown mudstone and horizontally laminated sandstone, with ripple cross laminations and rhizoliths. It was first formally defined as a unit by Hasegawa et al. in 2008 as a distinct unit from the overlying Djadochta Formation. The environment of deposition is suggested to be fluvial, originating in a sandy braided river, floodplain and ephemeral lake depositional environments, as opposed to the desert depositional environment of the Djadochta Formation.Hasegawa et al., 2009
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Sauropoda Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Abdarainurus A. barsboldi A titanosaurian sauropod
Ornithischians Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Pinacosaurus P. grangeri A ankylosaurid thyreophoran Plesiohadros P. djadokhtaensis A hadrosauroid ornithopod Protoceratops P. andrewsi A protoceratopsid ceratopsian
Turtles Turtles of the Alagteeg Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Trionychidae Indet. Indeterminate
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
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