Fangyan Formation

Fangyan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, 100.5–85  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Underlies	Chaochuan Formation and Moshishau Group
Overlies	Guantou Formation and Zhaochuan Formation
Thickness	up to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate
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

• Dongyangosaurus sinensis ^{[2] [3]}

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.