Kuangyuan Series

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Kuangyuan Series
Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic, 160–145  Ma
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Guangyuan, Sichuan
Country China

The Kuangyuan Series is a Late Jurassic (Oxfordian-?Tithonian) geologic formation in Sichuan (Szechuan), China. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [1]

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Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. 1 2 3 "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
  3. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 443.

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