page_title: Nemegt Formation
hierarchical_section_title: Nemegt Formation
caption_attribution_description: English: The site of Altan Uul III where the holotype specimen (MPC-D 102/111) of Gobiraptor minutus gen. et sp. nov. was found in 2008.
context_page_description: The Nemegt Formation is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous. The formation consists of river channel sediments and contains fossils of fish, turtles, crocodilians, and a diverse fauna of dinosaurs, including birds.
context_section_description: The Nemegt Formation (also known as Nemegtskaya Svita) is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous. The formation consists of river channel sediments and contains fossils of fish, turtles, crocodilians, and a diverse fauna of dinosaurs, including birds.
caption: Altan Uul III locality, a highly fossiliferous location of the formation
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