Lura Formation
| Lura Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous, ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Overlies | Loe-ein Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Asia |
| Country |  China |
The Lura Formation is a geological formation in western China, which outcrops in Tibet, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
- Tetanurae indet.[1]
- ?Coelurosauria indet. (="Microvenator chagyabi")[1]
- Sauropoda indet. (=cf. Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis)[1]
- Monkonosaurus lawulacus?[1] - "[Two] vertebrae, sacrum with illia, [three] plates, adult. (possibly found instead in the overlying Loe-ein Formation)"[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
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