Quxian Formation

Quxian Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~85–75  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Qujiang Group
Underlies	Unconformity: Tongxiang Formation
Overlies	Jinhua Formation
Lithology
Primary	Red or variegated sandstone
Other	Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	28°42′N118°30′E / 28.7°N 118.5°E / 28.7; 118.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	31°00′N112°24′E / 31.0°N 112.4°E / 31.0; 112.4
Region	Zhejiang Province
Country	China
Quxian Formation (China)

The Quxian Formation is a Santonian to Campanian geologic formation in China. ^[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation. ^[2] It is a unit of the Qujiang Group and dates to the Santonian through early Campanian. ^[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
    • Dinosaur eggs

References

1. Xi et al., 2018
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

• Xi, D.; Wan, X.; Li, G.; Li, G. (2018), "Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China", Science China Earth Sciences , 61: 1–31, doi:10.1007/s11430-017-9262-y
• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN   0-520-24209-2 , retrieved 2019-02-21

Further reading

• N. J. Mateer. 1986. Dinosaur eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, China. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Abstracts with Program 20