Tongfosi Formation
| Tongfosi Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Yanji Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 42°54′N 129°12′E / 42.9°N 129.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 49°30′N 121°06′E / 49.5°N 121.1°E |
| Region | Jilin |
| Country | China |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tongfosi, Yanbian, Jilin |
| Named by | Zhou Zhiyan |
| Year defined | 1962 |
  Tongfosi Formation (China)  Tongfosi Formation (Jilin) | |
The Tongfosi Formation (Chinese: 铜佛寺组; pinyin: tóngfósì zǔ) is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) geologic formation of the Yanji Group in China.[1] Fossil ornithopod tracks of iguanodontids and theropods have been reported from the fluvial sandstones of the formation.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Tongfosi Formation in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Matsukawa et al., 1995
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- Matsukawa, M.; Futakami, M.; Lockley, M.G.; Peiji, C.; Jinhua, C.; Zhenyao, C.; Bolotsky, U.L. (1995). "Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Manchuria, northeastern China: implications for the recognition of an ornithopod ichnofacies in East Asia". PALAIOS. 10 (1): 3–15. Bibcode:1995Palai..10....3M. doi:10.2307/3515004. JSTOR 3515004.