Earth:Jing Chuan Formation
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| Jing Chuan Formation Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous, Hauterivian | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
The Jing Chuan Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in China . Various dinosaur fossils and tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
- Wuerhosaurus
- Psittacosaurus
- Sinornithoides
- Hadrosauridae indet. fragmentary fossils
- Sauropod indet. footprints
- Theropod indet. footprints
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
Footnotes
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.
- Lockley, Martin G.; Li, Jianjun; Xing, Lida; Gao, Bin; and Matsukawa, Masaki: Cretaceous Research, "Large theropod and small sauropod trackmakers from the Lower Cretaceous Jingchuan Formation, Inner Mongolia, China", vol 91: University of Colorado at Denver. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.007
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