Zhenzhuchong Formation

Zhenzhuchong Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian–Pliensbachian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Ziliujing Formation
Overlies	Xujiahe Formation
Thickness	17-68 metres
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone
Other	Sandstone
Location
Region	Sichuan Province
Country	China
Extent	Sichuan Basin

The Zhenzhuchong Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in China. Plesiosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from its strata. Remains of the prosauropod Lufengosaurus huenei have been recovered from this formation ^[1] As well as dinosaur footprints. ^[2]

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Paleontology portal
• Dinosaurs portal

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. Xing, Lida; Peng, Guangzhao; Ye, Yong; Lockley, Martin G.; Klein, Hendrik; Persons, W. Scott; Zhang, Jianping; Shu, Chunkang; Hao, Baoqiao (2014-04-03). "Sauropod and Small Theropod Tracks from the Lower Jurassic Ziliujing Formation of Zigong City, Sichuan, China, with an Overview of Triassic–Jurassic Dinosaur Fossils and Footprints of the Sichuan Basin". Ichnos. 21 (2): 119–130. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.663.3037 . doi:10.1080/10420940.2014.909352. ISSN   1042-0940. S2CID   129220218.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN   0-520-24209-2.