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.[1] It overlies the older Qiyunshan Formation which it forms the Huangshan Basin with, and was deposited between the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages.[2]
| Xiaoyan Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Huangshan Basin |
| Sub-units | Lower; Upper members |
| Underlies | Qiyunshan Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Asia |
Vertebrate paleofauna edit
- Wannanosaurus yansiensis - "Partial skull roof, mandible, fragments of postcranium."[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Xu, X.; Tang, S.; Lin, S. (2016). "Paleostress inversion of fault-slip data from the Jurassic to Cretaceous Huangshan Basin and implications for the tectonic evolution of southeastern China". Journal of Geodynamics. 98: 31–52. doi:10.1016/j.jog.2016.03.013.
- ^ "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 465.
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