Xiaoyan Formation
Appearance
Xiaoyan Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian,[1] | |
Type | Geological formation |
Location | |
Region | Asia |
The Xiaoyan Formation is a geological formation in Anhui, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
- Wannanosaurus yansiensis - "Partial skull roof, mandible, fragments of postcranium."[3]
See also
References
- ^ Li, G.; Hirano, H.; Batten, D.J.; Wan, X.; Willems, H.; Zhang, X. (2010). "Biostratigraphic significance of spinicaudatans from the Upper Cretaceous Nanxiong Group in Guangdong, South China". Cretaceous Research. 31: 387–395. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.05.003.
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 465.