Hekou Group

Hekou Group
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Geologic group
Location
Country  China

The Hekou Group is a geological formation from which fossil pterosaur tracks have been recovered. Dinosaur body fossils have also been recovered from the Hekou Group, including the iguanodont Lanzhousaurus and the titanosaurs Daxiatitan, Huanghetitan and Yongjinglong.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Hekou Group
Taxa Presence Description Images

Ichnogenus:
  • Found near Yanguoxia, Gansu Province.[1]
    • Specimens housed at the Dinosaur Tracks Museum, of the University of Colorado at Denver.[1]

    Yongjinglong

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612 - 4138.

    See also