Tongfosi Formation

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Tongfosi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian
~99–94  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Unit of Yanji Group
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 42°54′N129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E / 42.9; 129.2 Coordinates: 42°54′N129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E / 42.9; 129.2
Approximate paleocoordinates 49°30′N121°06′E / 49.5°N 121.1°E / 49.5; 121.1
Region Jilin
CountryFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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Tongfosi Formation (China)
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Tongfosi Formation (Jilin)

The Tongfosi Formation is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) geologic formation of the Yanji Group in China. [1] Fossil ornithopod tracks of iguanodontids and theropods have been reported from the fluvial sandstones of the formation. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Tongfosi Formation in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Matsukawa et al., 1995
  3. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607

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