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The '''Jianguan Formation''' is a [[Mesozoic]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in China. Fossil [[ornithopod]] tracks have been reported from the formation.<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref>
The '''Jianguan Formation''' is a [[Mesozoic]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in China. Fossil [[ornithopod]] attributed to a iguadontidae tracks have been reported from the formation<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Xing |first1=Lida |last2=Lockley |first2=Martin G. |last3=Marty |first3=Daniel |last4=Zhang |first4=Jianping |last5=Wang |first5=Yan |last6=Klein |first6=Hendrik |last7=McCrea |first7=Richard T. |last8=Buckley |first8=Lisa G. |last9=Belvedere |first9=Matteo |last10=Mateus |first10=Octávio |last11=Gierliński |first11=Gerard D. |last12=Piñuela |first12=Laura |last13=Iv |first13=W. Scott Persons |last14=Wang |first14=Fengping |last15=Ran |first15=Hao |last16=Dai |first16=Hui |last17=Xie |first17=Xianming |title=An Ornithopod-Dominated Tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian–Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China: New Discoveries, Ichnotaxonomy, Preservation and Palaeoecology |journal=PLOS ONE |date=22 October 2015 |volume=10 |issue=10 |pages=e0141059 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0141059 |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141059 |language=en |issn=1932-6203}}</ref><ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref>.

The known fossil localities include the Lotus Fortress, the type locality of [[Caririchnium|''Caririchnium lotus'']] and ''Wupus agilis'' ichnotaxa.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:30, 14 May 2020

Jianguan Formation
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionSichuan
CountryChina

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].

The known fossil localities include the Lotus Fortress, the type locality of Caririchnium lotus and Wupus agilis ichnotaxa.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ^ 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.