Sigou Formation
Sigou Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Overlies | Majiacun Formation |
Location | |
Region | Henan, Hubei |
Country | China |
Extent |
The Sigou Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation,[1] including Dictyoolithus.[2]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
- Dinosaur eggs
- List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
Footnotes[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Z.-K. Zhao. (1994) "Dinosaur eggs in China:On the structure and evolution of eggshells." In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Cambridge. pp. 184-203.
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.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of China
- Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
- Ooliferous formations
- Chinese geologic formation stubs