Lura Formation Explained

Lura Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Early Cretaceous, ~
Period:	Early Cretaceous
Region:	Asia
Overlies:	Loe-ein Formation

The Lura Formation is a geological formation in western China, which outcrops in Tibet, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

• Tetanurae indet.^[1]
• ?Coelurosauria indet. (="Microvenator chagyabi")^[1]
• Sauropoda indet. (=cf. Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis)^[1]
• Monkonosaurus lawulacus?^[1] - "[Two] vertebrae, sacrum with illia, [three] plates, adult. (possibly found instead in the overlying Loe-ein Formation)"^[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 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.