Tongfosi Formation

Coordinates: 42°54′N 129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E / 42.9; 129.2
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Tongfosi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian
~99–94 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofYanji Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates42°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)
Tongfosi Formation is located in Jilin
Tongfosi Formation
Tongfosi Formation (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

  1. ^ Tongfosi Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Matsukawa et al., 1995
  3. ^ 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.