The Mugher Mudstone is a geologic formation located in Ethiopia. It dates to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic. The lithology consists of gypsum, dolomite and shale alternations at the base, overlain by mudstone intercalated with fine to medium grained sandstone.[1]
Indeterminate dromaeosaurid teeth are known from the formation.[2] Many other remains have been uncovered also, including indeterminate ornithopods and allosauroids.[3] The tooth of a macronarian sauropod is known from the formation[4]
^Assefa, Getaneh (1991-08-10). "Lithostratigraphy and environment of deposition of the Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous sequence of the central part of Northwestern Plateau, Ethiopia". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 182 (3): 255–284. doi:10.1127/njgpa/182/1991/255. ISSN 0077-7749.
^Mortimer, Mickey. . Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
^Goodwin, Mark B.; Clemens, William A.; Hutchison, J. Howard; Wood, Craig B.; Zavada, Michael S.; Kemp, Anne; Duffin, Christopher J.; Schaff, Charles R. (1999-12-13). "Mesozoic continental vertebrates with associated palynostratigraphic dates from the northwestern Ethiopian plateau". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (4): 728–741. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011185. ISSN 0272-4634.
^Goodwin, Mark B.; Irmis, Randall B.; Wilson, Gregory P.; DeMar, David G.; Melstrom, Keegan; Rasmussen, Cornelia; Atnafu, Balemwal; Alemu, Tadesse; Alemayehu, Million (November 2019). "The first confirmed sauropod dinosaur from Ethiopia discovered in the Upper Jurassic Mugher Mudstone". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 159: 103571. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103571.
Bibliographyedit
Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN0-520-24209-2.
November 30, 2023
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