Dashuigou Formation Explained

Dashuigou Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Albian ~
Period:	Albian
Region:	Inner Mongolia

The Dashuigou Formation is a geological formation in Inner Mongolia, north China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous period.

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

• Probactrosaurus alashanicus - "Fragmentary skull."^[2] (probably synonymous with P. gobiensis)
• Probactrosaurus gobiensis - "Skull and skeleton."^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. .
2. "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 417.