Liangtoutang Formation
| Liangtoutang Formation | ||
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Ma | ||
| Type | Approximate paleocoordinates 36°18′N 120°00′E / 36.3°N 120.0°E | |
| Region | Zhejiang | |
| Country |  China | |
| Extent | Huzhen Basin | |
  Liangtoutang Formation (China)  Liangtoutang Formation (Zhejiang) | ||
The Liangtoutang Formation, also referred to as the Laijia Formation is a geological formation located in Zhejiang, China. Its strata date back to the Albian to Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1] The lithology primarily consists of red sandstone.
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Liangtoutang Formation
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| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
| Yueosaurus | Y. tiantaiensis | "Partial postcranial skeleton"[2] | A neornithischian
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| Jinyunpelta | J. sinensis | "An almost complete skull" and two partial postcranial skeletons[3] | An ankylosaur
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Other fossils
- Fossil eggs
References
- ^ Liangtoutang Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Zheng et al., 2012
- ^ Zheng, 2018
- ^ a b Jin et al., 2007
- ^ Lawver et al., 2016
Bibliography
- Zheng, Wenjie; Xingsheng Jin; Yoichi Azuma; Qiongying Wang; Kazunori Miyata, and Xing Xu. 2018. The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian–Cenomanian of China, with implications for the evolution of the tail club.
- Lawver, D. R.; X. Jin; F. D. Jackson, and Q. Wang. 2016. An avian egg from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Liangtoutang Formation of Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36. e1100631:1–7. .
- Zheng, Wenjie; Xingsheng Jin; Masateru Shibata; Yoichi Azuma, and Fangming Yu. 2012. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China.
- Jin, X.; Y. Azuma; F. D. Jackson, and D. J. Varricchio. 2007. Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang province, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44. 81–88. .