Feitianshan Formation
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| Feitianshan Formation | ||
|---|---|---|
Approximate paleocoordinates 25°24′N 108°54′E / 25.4°N 108.9°E | | |
| Region | Sichuan | |
| Country |  China | |
| Extent | Sichuan Basin | |
  Feitianshan Formation (China)  Feitianshan Formation (Sichuan) | ||
The Feitianshan Formation is a geological
formation in China. It dates back to the Early Cretaceous. Among the known ichnofossils are footprints of dinosaurs
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Vertebrate ichnofauna
| Ichnotaxa | ||||||
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| Ichnogenus | Ichnopecies | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Images | |
| Dromaeopodus | Dromaeopodus .sp | Several tracks | ||||
| Eubrontes | Eubrontes.sp | |||||
| Grallator acutus | ||||||
| Jialingpus | J. yuechiensis | Multiple Trackways | ||||
| Megalosauripus | Megalosauripus .sp | Several tracks | ||||
| Minisauripus | M. chuanzhuensis
M. zhensuonani |
Multiple trackways reported to have been made in the same direction as those of Jialingpus. It may have been hunted by it. | ||||
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
References
Further reading
- Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN 0-7864-1166-X.