Liangtoutang Formation

Liangtoutang Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian to Cenomanian 105.9–96 Ma
Type Geological formation
Unit of Tiantai Group
Underlies Chichengshan Formation
Overlies Tangshang Formation
Area Huzhen Basin
Thickness About 300 m
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Region Asia
Country  China
Extent Zhejiang

The Liangtoutang Formation, also referred to as the Laijia Formation is a geological formation located in Zhejiang, China. Its strata date back to the Albian to Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period. The lithology primarily consists of red sandstone.

Paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Liangtoutang Formation
Genus Species Material Notes Images

Yueosaurus

Y. tiantaiensis

"Partial postcranial skeleton"[1]

A neornithischian

Jinyunpelta

J. sinensis

"An almost complete skull" and two partial postcranial skeletons[2]

An ankylosaurin ankylosaur
Restoration

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Zheng, Wenjie; Xingsheng Jin; Masateru Shibata; Yoichi Azuma; Fangming Yu (2012). "A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China". Cretaceous Research. 34: 208–219. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.001.
  2. ↑ Wenjie Zheng; Xingsheng Jin; Yoichi Azuma; Qiongying Wang; Kazunori Miyata; Xing Xu (2018). "The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian–Cenomanian of China, with implications for the evolution of the tail club". Scientific Reports. 8: Article number 3711. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21924-7.
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