Tongfosi Formation
Geologic formation in China
| Tongfosi Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian ~99–94 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Yanji Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates |   Tongfosi Formation (China) Show map of China Tongfosi Formation (Jilin) Show map of Jilin |
The Tongfosi Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) geologic formation of the Yanji Group in China.[1] Fossil ornithopod tracks of iguanodontids and theropods have been reported from the fluvial sandstones of the formation.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Tongfosi Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Matsukawa et al., 1995
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- Matsukawa, M.; Futakami, M.; Lockley, M.G.; Peiji, C.; Jinhua, C.; Zhenyao, C.; Bolotsky, U.L. (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 (1): 3–15. Bibcode:1995Palai..10....3M. doi:10.2307/3515004. JSTOR 3515004.
