Earth:Tongfosi Formation

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Short description: Geologic formation in China
Tongfosi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian
~99–94 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofYanji Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 42°54′N 129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E / 42.9; 129.2
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 49°30′N 121°06′E / 49.5°N 121.1°E / 49.5; 121.1
RegionJilin
Country China
Tongfosi Formation is located in China
Tongfosi Formation
Tongfosi Formation (China)
Tongfosi Formation is located in Jilin
Tongfosi Formation
Tongfosi Formation (Jilin)

The Tongfosi Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) geologic formation of the Yanji Group in China .[1] Fossil ornithopod tracks of iguanodontids and theropods have been reported from the fluvial sandstones of the formation.[2][3]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
      • Ornithopod tracks

References

  1. Tongfosi Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Matsukawa et al., 1995
  3. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2
  • Matsukawa, M.; M. Futakami; M.G. Lockley; C. Peiji; C. Jinhua; C. Zhenyao, and U.L. Bolotsky. 1995. Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Manchuria, northeastern China: implications for the recognition of an ornithopod ichnofacies in East Asia. PALAIOS 10. 3–15.