Fangyan Formation

Fangyan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, 100.5–85 Ma
TypeFormation
UnderliesChaochuan Formation and Moshishau Group
OverliesGuantou Formation and Zhaochuan Formation
Thicknessup to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate
Location
Country China

The Fangyan Formation is a geologic formation in China (Dongyang). It is made up of mainly conglomerates. It preserves dinosaur fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous.[1]

Paleofauna

Holotype of Dongyangosaurus, from the Fangyan Formation

References

  1. ^ Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Dodson, Peter (2004). Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8.
  2. ^ Lu Junchang; Yoichi Azuma; Chen Rongjun; Zheng Wenjie; Jin Xingsheng (2008). "A new titanosauriform sauropod from the early Late Cretaceous of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 82 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00572.x.
  3. ^ Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Dodson, Peter (2004). "Sauropoda". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8.