Nanchao Formation

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Nanchao Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian
~85–75  Ma
Type Geological formation
Location
Coordinates 32°30′N112°24′E / 32.5°N 112.4°E / 32.5; 112.4
Approximate paleocoordinates 30°48′N102°24′E / 30.8°N 102.4°E / 30.8; 102.4
Region Henan
Country China
Extent Nanyang Valley, Lingbao Basin
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Nanchao Formation (China)
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Nanchao Formation (Henan)

The Nanchao Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation. [1] Embryos of therizinosaurs are known from the formation [2]

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  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Kundrát, Martin; Cruickshank, Arthur R. I.; Manning, Terry W.; Nudds, John (2007-10-29). "Embryos of therizinosauroid theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of China: diagnosis and analysis of ossification patterns: Therizinosauroid embryos from China". Acta Zoologica. 89 (3): 231–251. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00311.x.

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