Tongfosi Formation

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Tongfosi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian
~99–94 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit of
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates42°54′N 129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E / 42.9; 129.2Coordinates: 42°54′N 129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E / 42.9; 129.2
Approximate paleocoordinates49°30′N 121°06′E / 49.5°N 121.1°E / 49.5; 121.1
RegionJilin
Country China
Tongfosi Formation is located in China
Tongfosi Formation
Tongfosi Formation (China)

The Tongfosi Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) geologic formation of the in China.[1] Fossil ornithopod tracks of iguanodontids and theropods have been reported from the fluvial sandstones of the formation.[2][3]

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References[]

  1. ^ Tongfosi Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Matsukawa et al., 1995
  3. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

Bibliography[]

  • 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.
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