| Liangtoutang Formation | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Age: | Albian-Cenomanian ~ |
| Period: | Albian |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone |
| Region: | Zhejiang |
| Coordinates: | 28.7°N 120.2°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.3°N 120°W |
| Unitof: | Tiantai Group |
| Underlies: | Chichengshan Formation |
| Overlies: | Tangshang Formation |
| Thickness: | About 300m (1,000feet) |
| Extent: | Huzhen Basin |
The Liangtoutang Formation, also referred to as the Laijia Formation is a geological formation located in Zhejiang, China. Its strata date back to the Albian to Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, between 105.9 and 96 million years ago.[1] The lithology primarily consists of red sandstone.
| Dinosaurs of the Liangtoutang Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
| Yueosaurus | Y. tiantaiensis | "Partial postcranial skeleton"[2] | A neornithischian | |||
| Jinyunpelta | J. sinensis | "An almost complete skull" and two partial postcranial skeletons[3] | An ankylosaurin ankylosaur | |||