Subashi Formation

Subashi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia

The Subashi Formation is a late Cretaceous formation from the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of western China. Initially described by Dong Zhiming in 1977, the formation contains remains of Tarbosaurus which were initially described as a separate taxon Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis. Remains of a sauropod, likely Nemegtosaurus, and a hadrosaurid, likely Jaxartosaurus, have also been found.

Paleofauna

References

  1. ^ "Table 5.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 114.
  2. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 271.
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