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Xiaoyan Formation

Xiaoyan Formation

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The Xiaoyan Formation is a geological formation in Anhui, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] It overlies the older Qiyunshan Formation which it forms the Huangshan Basin with, and was deposited between the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages.[2]

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Vertebrate paleofauna

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  1. [1]
    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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. [2]
    Xu, X.; Tang, S.; Lin, S. (2016). "Paleostress inversion of fault-slip data from the Jurassic to Cretaceous Huangshan Basin and implications for the tectonic evolution of southeastern China". Journal of Geodynamics. 98: 31–52. doi:10.1016/j.jog.2016.03.013.
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    "Table 21.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 465.


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