The Jingchuan Formation is a
Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma ( million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is pre ...
geologic
formation
Formation may refer to:
Linguistics
* Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes
* Word formation, the creation of a new word by adding affixes
Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondary ...
in
China. Various dinosaur fossils and tracks have been reported from the formation.
[Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.]
Vertebrate paleofauna
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Wuerhosaurus
''Wuerhosaurus'' is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of western China and Inner Mongolia. As such, it was one of the last genera of stegosaurians known to have existed, since most others lived in the late Jurassi ...
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Psittacosaurus
''Psittacosaurus'' ( ; "parrot lizard") is a genus of extinct ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Asia, existing between 126 and 101 million years ago. It is notable for being the most species-rich non-avian dinosaur ge ...
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Sinornithoides
''Sinornithoides'' (meaning "Chinese bird form") is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaurs containing the single species ''Sinornithoides youngi''. ''S. youngi'' lived during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian stage, around 113 million years ...
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Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurids (), or duck-billed dinosaurs, are members of the ornithischian family Hadrosauridae. This group is known as the duck-billed dinosaurs for the flat duck-bill appearance of the bones in their snouts. The ornithopod family, which incl ...
indet. fragmentary fossils
* Sauropod indet. footprints
* Theropod indet. footprints
See also
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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.
Containing body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
** List of stratigraphic units with f ...
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List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
The following tables list the global geological sites where tracks of theropod dinosaurs have been found, together with the proper names of the rock formations ( stratigraphic units) that contain them.
Non-avian theropods
Avialans
See also
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References
Bibliography
* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. {{ISBN, 0-520-24209-2.
* Lockley, Martin G.; Li, Jianjun; Xing, Lida; Gao, Bin; and Matsukawa, Masaki: Cretaceous Research, "Large theropod and small sauropod trackmakers from the Lower Cretaceous Jingchuan Formation, Inner Mongolia, China", vol 91: University of Colorado at Denver. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.007
Geologic formations of China
Lower Cretaceous Series of Asia
Cretaceous China
Barremian Stage
Sandstone formations
Mudstone formations
Fluvial deposits
Lacustrine deposits
Ichnofossiliferous formations
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Asia
Paleontology in Inner Mongolia