Tongfosi Formation

Tongfosi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian ~99–94  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Approximate paleocoordinates	49°30′N121°06′E / 49.5°N 121.1°E / 49.5; 121.1
Region	Jilin
Country	China
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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]}

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ornithopod tracks

References

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

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN   0-520-24209-2 . Retrieved 2019-02-21.
• Matsukawa, M.; Futakami, M.; Lockley, M.G.; Peiji, C.; Jinhua, C.; Zhenyao, C.; Bolotsky, U.L. (1995). "Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Manchuria, northeastern China: implications for the recognition of an ornithopod ichnofacies in East Asia". PALAIOS . 10 (1): 3–15. Bibcode:1995Palai..10....3M. doi:10.2307/3515004. JSTOR   3515004.