Toutunhe Formation
| Toutunhe Formation Stratigraphic range: Middle-Late Jurassic, (late Bathonian-middle Oxfordian) | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Qigu Formation |
| Overlies | |
| Thickness | Around 400 metres |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone, Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Country |  China |
| Extent | Southern Junggar Basin |
The Toutunhe Formation is a Jurassic geological formation in China. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] The lower portion of the formation consists of grey to reddish mudstone with medium to coarse grained cross bedded sandstone, while the upper portion consists primarily of brown-red-purple mudstone, interbedded with fine to medium grained laminated sandstone.[2]
Paleofauna[]
Tianchisaurus nedegoapeferima - "Partial skeleton."[3]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ "Jurassic sedimentary evolution of southern Junggar Basin: Implication for palaeoclimate changes in northern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China". Journal of Palaeogeography. 3 (2): 145–161. April 2014. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1261.2014.00049 (inactive 31 October 2021).CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of October 2021 (link)
- ^ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
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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