Jianguan Formation
The Jianguan Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod attributed to a iguadontidae tracks have been reported from the formation[1][2].
| Jianguan Formation | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Sichuan |
| Country | China |
The known fossil localities include the Lotus Fortress, the type locality of Caririchnium lotus and Wupus agilis ichnotaxa.
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Marty, Daniel; Zhang, Jianping; Wang, Yan; Klein, Hendrik; McCrea, Richard T.; Buckley, Lisa G.; Belvedere, Matteo; Mateus, Octávio; Gierliński, Gerard D.; Piñuela, Laura; Iv, W. Scott Persons; Wang, Fengping; Ran, Hao; Dai, Hui; Xie, Xianming (22 October 2015). "An Ornithopod-Dominated Tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian–Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China: New Discoveries, Ichnotaxonomy, Preservation and Palaeoecology". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0141059. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141059. ISSN 1932-6203.
- 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.
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