The Tongfosi Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) geologic formation of the Yanji Group in China.[1] Fossil ornithopod tracks of iguanodontids and theropods have been reported from the fluvial sandstones of the formation.[2][3]
| Tongfosi Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Yanji Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 42°54′N 129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 49°30′N 121°06′E / 49.5°N 121.1°E |
| Region | Jilin |
| Country |  China |
  Tongfosi Formation (China)  Tongfosi Formation (Jilin) | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Tongfosi Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Matsukawa et al., 1995
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography edit
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Matsukawa, M.; M. Futakami; M.G. Lockley; C. Peiji; C. Jinhua; C. Zhenyao, and U.L. Bolotsky. 1995. Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Manchuria, northeastern China: implications for the recognition of an ornithopod ichnofacies in East Asia. PALAIOS 10. 3–15. .