Zhidan Group

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Zhidan Group
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Sub-units Luohandong Formation, Yijun Formation, Luohe Formation, Jingchuan Formation, Lamawan Formation, Hanhe-Huachi Formation
Underlies Tegaimiao Formation, Dongsheng Formation
Overlies Yuun Formation
Location
Region Inner Mongolia
Country China

The Zhidan Group is a geological formation in China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [1]

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Vertebrate paleofauna

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References

  1. 1 2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ Hou Y., and Ji, S., 2017. New findings of stegosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Luohandong Formation in the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia. Geological Bulletin of China 36(7): 1097-1103.


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