Murtoi Formation

The Murtoi Formation is a geologic formation in vicinity of Lake Gusinoye in Russia. It was deposited in the late Barremian to the mid Aptian of the Early Cretaceous.

Murtoi Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Barremian-Mid Aptian ~127–119 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Khambin & Mogoito Members
Underlies	Ubukun Formation
Overlies	Volcanic rocks
Area	Lake Gusinoye depression
Thickness	About 200 m (660 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate, sandstone, clay
Location
Coordinates	51.3°N 106.4°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	53.0°N 104.5°E
Region	Transbaikalia
Country	Russia
Extent	Buryatia
Murtoi Formation (Russia)

Paleofauna

• Kirgizemys dmitrievi
• Tengrisaurus starkovi[1]
• Khurendukhosaurus bajkalensis
• Murtoilestes abramovi
• Stichopterus sp.
• Psittacosaurus.sp[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Russia

References

1. Averianov, Alexander; Skutschas, Pavel (2017). "A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia". Biological Communications. 62 (1): 6–18. doi:10.21638/11701/spbu03.2017.102. hdl:11701/6286. ISSN 2542-2154.
2. Averianov, Alexander; Starkov, Alexei; Skutschas, Pavel (2003-09-12). "Dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Murtoi Formation in Buryatia, eastern Russia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (3): 586–594. doi:10.1671/a1006. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 128497165.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Further reading

• I. G. Danilov, A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas and A. S. Rezvyi. 2006. Kirgizemys (Testudines, 'Macrobaenidae'): new material from the Lower Cretaceous of Buryatia (Russia) and taxonomic revision. Russian Journal of Herpetology 1:46-62