Earth:Xiaogou Formation

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Xiaogou Formation
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionGansu Province
CountryChina

The Xiaogou Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in China . Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Paleofauna

  • Gansus yumenensis - "Partial hindlimb."[2]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 214.

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.