Kuangyuan Series

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Kuangyuan Series
Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic, 160–145 Ma Oxfordian-?Tithonian
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionKuangyuan, Szechuan
CountryChina

The Kuangyuan Series is a Late Jurassic (Oxfordian-?Tithonian) geologic formation in Szechuan, China. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Paleofauna[]

  • Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides - "Isolated teeth."[2]
  • Sanpasaurus yaoi - "Fragmentary postcranium."[3]
  • ?Szechuanosaurus campi - "Teeth from multiple specimens"[2]
  • Sinocoelurus fragilis - "Isolated teeth."[2]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ^ a b c "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
  3. ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 443.

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.


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