Nanchao_Formation

Nanchao Formation

Nanchao Formation

Geologic formation in Henan, China

The Nanchao Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] Embryos of therizinosaurs are known from the formation[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. [2]
    Kundrát, Martin; Cruickshank, Arthur R. I.; Manning, Terry W.; Nudds, John (2007-10-29). "Embryos of therizinosauroid theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of China: diagnosis and analysis of ossification patterns: Therizinosauroid embryos from China". Acta Zoologica. 89 (3): 231–251. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00311.x.

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.
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