Sunjiawan Formation

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Sunjiawan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia

The Sunjiawan Formation (simplified Chinese: 孙家湾组; traditional Chinese: 孫家灣組; pinyin: Sūnjiāwān Zǔ) is a geological formation in Liaoning, China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Crichtonsaurus bohlini[1] - "Partial skeleton."[2]
  • Shuangmiaosaurus gilmorei[1] - "Partial skull."[3]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 366.
  3. "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 417.


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