Flaming Cliffs
The Flaming Cliffs site (also known as Bayanzag, Bayn Dzak)[1] (Template:Langx rich in saxaul), with the alternative Mongolian name of Template:Langx (red cliffs), is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which important fossil finds have been made. It was given this name by American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in the 1920s. The area is most famous for yielding the first discovery of dinosaur eggs. Other finds in the area include specimens of Velociraptor[2] and eutherian mammals.[3] It exposes rocks of the Djadochta Formation. It is illegal to remove fossils from the area without appropriate permits.[4]
The nickname refers to the red or orange color of the sandstone cliffs (especially at a sunset).[5]
Dinosaur bones/fossils
The following are dinosaur fossils that have been found in the Flaming Cliffs.
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References
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- ^ Colbert, Edwin Harris (1984) The great dinosaur hunters and their discoveries Courier Dover, New York,page 210, Template:ISBN; revised edition of Men and Dinosaurs 1st edition 1968
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs". dinosaurcollector.150m.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia (1969) "Preliminary data on the Upper Cretaceous eutherian mammals from Bayn Dzak, Gobi Dert" Script error: No such module "webarchive". Palaeontologia Polonica No. 19: pp. 171–206
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bright, Michael (2010). 1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 625. ISBN 9781844036745.
- ^ Jane Blunden . Mongolia: the Bradt travel guide. 2008
Further reading
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- Carpenter, Kenneth (1999) Eggs, nests, and baby dinosaurs: a look at dinosaur reproduction Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, Template:ISBN
- Colbert, Edwin Harris (1984) The great dinosaur hunters and their discoveries Dover, New York, Template:ISBN
- Novacek, Michael J. (1997) Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs Anchor, New York, Template:ISBN
- Novacek, Michael J.; Norell, Mark; McKenna, Malcolm C. and Clark, James (2004) "Fossils of the Flaming Cliffs" Dinosaurs and other Monsters (special edition of Scientific American 14(2):) Scientific American, New York, Template:Catalog lookup link
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