Minhe Formation
# Minhe Formation

The Minhe Formation (simplified Chinese: 民和组; traditional Chinese: 民和組; pinyin: Mínhé Zǔ) is a geological formation in northwestern China, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous period.

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

## Vertebrate paleofauna

### Dinosaurs

A tyrannosaur tooth with a split carina has been recovered from the Minhe Formation in China.

| Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon | Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited. |
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Dinosaurs reported from the Minhe Formation :

| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heishansaurus | H. pachycephalus | Gansu | "Badly preserved cranial and postcranial fragments." | | Protoceratops Velociraptor |
| Microceratus | M. gobiensis | Gansu | "Teeth, fragmentary jaws and postcrania." | | Protoceratops Velociraptor |
| Microceratus | M. sulcidens | Gansu | "Tooth." | | Protoceratops Velociraptor |
| Peishansaurus | P. philemys | Gansu | "Very fragmentary jaw with [one] tooth." | | Protoceratops Velociraptor |
| Protoceratops | P. andrewsi | Gansu Inner Mongolia | | | Protoceratops Velociraptor |
| Troodon | T. bexelli | Inner Mongolia | | Reclassified as a new genus of pachycephalosaur,Sinocephale and reidentified as provenant from the Ulansuhai Formation | Protoceratops Velociraptor |
| Velociraptor | V. mongoliensis | Inner Mongolia | | | Protoceratops Velociraptor |
