The Djadochta Formation (sometimes spelled Djadokhta, Djadokata, or Dzhadokhtskaya) is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. It dates to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous and is famous for its dinosaur fossils including Oviraptor, Protoceratops, and Velociraptor. It is also known for a high diversity of mammal and lizard fossils, and a complete catalogue of its fossil contents is shown below.
Vertebrates
Amphibians
Crocodylomorphs
Lizards
Mammals
Multituberculates
Therians
Pterosaurs
Turtles
Dinosaurs
Ankylosaurids
Marginocephalians
Ornithopods
Sauropods
Theropods
Alvarezsaurs
Birds
Dromaeosaurs
Non-maniraptoran theropods
Oviraptorosaurs
Troodontids
Flora
See also Fighting Dinosaurs Flaming Cliffs List of Asian dinosaurs List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils Paleobiota of the Yixian Formation Roy Chapman Andrews
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