Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian-Coniacian ~96–88 Ma
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Zhang Fengchen at the Gaogou Formation
Type
Geological formation
Sub-units
Upper Member, Lower Member
Underlies
Majiacun Formation
Overlies
Baiwan Formation
Lithology
Primary
Conglomerate
Other
Mudstone
Location
Coordinates
33°24′N112°54′E / 33.4°N 112.9°E / 33.4; 112.9
Approximate paleocoordinates
32°42′N104°42′E / 32.7°N 104.7°E / 32.7; 104.7
Region
Henan Province
Country
China
Extent
Xixia Basin
Gaogou Formation (China)
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Gaogou Formation (Henan)
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The Gaogou Formation is a fossiliferous geological formation located in the Xixia Basin of China. The formation dates back to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Coniacian) and fossilized eggs of dinosaurs and turtles are commonly reported from the formation. Dinosaur taxa is also reported from the unit.
The GaogouFormation is a fossiliferous geological formation located in the Xixia Basin of China. The formation dates back to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Coniacian)...
have been found in Upper Cretaceous rocks in Henan, China, within the GaogouFormation. The type species is B. henanensis, described in 2009. The holotype...
Louie) and partial nest with large eggs that were discovered in the GaogouFormation of China (Henan Province) between 1992 and 1993. Beibeilong was a notably...
Formation, North Dakota and South Dakota, United States) Apatoraptor pennatus - (Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta) Beibeilong sinensis - (Gaogou Formation...
ankylosaurian dinosaur Bienosaurus lufengensis from the Lower Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 Alifanov, V. R.; Saveliev...
Yang; W. Hu; 2009. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous GaogouFormation of Nanyang, Henan Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 83. 212–221. ....
Chengjun (2009). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous GaogouFormation of Nanyang, Henan Province". Acta Geologica Sinica. 83 (2): 212–221...
Chengjun (2009). "A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous GaogouFormation of Nanyang, Henan Province". Acta Geologica Sinica. 83 (2): 212. Bibcode:2009AcGlS...
have been found in: Chahanaobao and the Turonian GaogouFormation, China Campanian Barun Goyot Formation, Mongolia Santonian Seonso Conglomerate, South...
Zhang, C. (2009). "A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous GaogouFormation of Nanyang, Henan Province". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)...
Formation is a Santonian to Coniacian geologic formation in China. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation...
few non-avian dinosaur genera includes Mesozoic stratigraphic units of formation rank or higher that have produced dinosaur body fossils which have been...
Description of partial ribs from the Late Triassic Vinita Formation (formerly Turkey Branch Formation; Virginia, United States), referred to Euscolosuchus...
.323...60W. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.027. A. A. Madison (2012). "Formation of cardinal process in Ordovician strophomenids". Paleontological Journal...
Tank Formation of Nevada. In China, it is known from the Liangtoutang and Chichengshan Formations in Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, from the Gaogou, Sigou...
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