Nanchao Formation

Nanchao Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian
~85–75 Ma

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Type	Geological formation
Location
Coordinates	32°30′N 112°24′E / 32.5°N 112.4°ECoordinates: 32°30′N 112°24′E / 32.5°N 112.4°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	30°48′N 102°24′E / 30.8°N 102.4°E
Region	Henan
Country	China
Extent	,
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The Nanchao Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1] Embryos of therizinosaurs are known from the formation^[2]

References[]

^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
^ Kundrát, Martin; Cruickshank, Arthur R. I.; Manning, Terry W.; Nudds, John (2007-10-29). "Embryos of therizinosauroid theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of China: diagnosis and analysis of ossification patterns: Therizinosauroid embryos from China". Acta Zoologica. 89 (3): 231–251. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00311.x.

Bibliography[]

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

[dinosaurdistribution-1] Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

[2] Kundrát, Martin; Cruickshank, Arthur R. I.; Manning, Terry W.; Nudds, John (2007-10-29). "Embryos of therizinosauroid theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of China: diagnosis and analysis of ossification patterns: Therizinosauroid embryos from China". Acta Zoologica. 89 (3): 231–251. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00311.x.

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