The Huiquanpu Formation () is a geological
formation in
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
and
Hebei
Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...
provinces,
China
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, whose strata date back to the
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...
period. It predominantly consists of purple-red mudstone, with subordinate grey-white sandy conglomerates.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
[Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. .]
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithopods
Sauropods
Theropods
Thyreophorans
See also
*
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
** ...
References
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Geologic formations of China
Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
Cretaceous China
Campanian Stage
Cenomanian Stage
Coniacian Stage
Santonian Stage
Turonian Stage
Conglomerate formations of China
Sandstone formations
Siltstone formations
Fluvial deposits
Paleontology in Shanxi
Paleontology in Hebei