Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

[1] It overlies folded and metamorphosed basement strata of the Gobi region, and is capped by basalt.

The succession is around 600 metres thick and consists of red claystones and sandstones, along with black thinly laminated shales.

The claystones and sandstones were deposited as part of an alluvial fan system, while the shales were deposited in lakes present in the foot of the fan.

[2] Many of the fossils come from the "Cannonball beds", which comprise the lowest 60 metres of the unit and consist of green siltstone.