Fangyan_Formation

Fangyan Formation

Fangyan Formation

Geologic formation in Dongyang, China

The Fangyan Formation is a geologic formation in China (Dongyang). It is made up of mainly conglomerates. It preserves dinosaur fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous.[1]

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Paleofauna

Holotype of Dongyangosaurus, from the Fangyan Formation

References

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    Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Dodson, Peter (2004). Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8.
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    Lu Junchang; Yoichi Azuma; Chen Rongjun; Zheng Wenjie; Jin Xingsheng (2008). "A new titanosauriform sauropod from the early Late Cretaceous of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 82 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00572.x.
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    Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Dodson, Peter (2004). "Sauropoda". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8.
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