Alagteeg Formation Explained

Alagteeg Formation
Type:Geological formation
Period:Campanian
Age:Santonian-Campanian
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Prilithology:Sandstone, mudstone
Namedfor:Alag Teeg
Namedby:Hasegawa et al.
Region:Ömnögovi Province
Country: Mongolia
Coordinates:44.3°N 103.3°W
Paleocoordinates:41.9°N 92.4°W
Underlies:Djadochta Formation
Thickness:~16m (52feet) at the Bayan Zag locality
Extent:Ulaan Nuur Basin
Year Ts:2009
Thickness Ts:~15m (49feet)

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.[1] 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 sandy braided river, floodplain and ephemeral lake depositional environments, as opposed to the desert depositional environment of the Djadochta Formation.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600
  2. Hasegawa et al., 2009
  3. Averianov & Lopatin, 2020