The Lura Formation is a geological

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 secondar ...

in western China, which outcrops in

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

, whose strata date back to the

Early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous ( geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 145 Ma to 100.5 Ma. Geology Pro ...

. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.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. .

Vertebrate paleofauna

* Tetanurae indet. * ?Coelurosauria indet. * Sauropoda indet. (=cf. '' Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis'') * ''

Monkonosaurus ''Monkonosaurus'' (meaning " Monkon lizard") is a dubious genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous-aged Loe-ein Formation of Tibet (or the Early Cretaceous Lura Formation of China). Some sources place ...

lawulacus''? - " wovertebrae, sacrum with illia, hreeplates, adult. (possibly found instead in the overlying Loe-ein Formation)""Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.

References

Geologic formations of China Lower Cretaceous Series of Asia Cretaceous China Paleontology in Tibet {{PRChina-geo-stub

Vertebrate paleofauna

See also

References