Nanchao Formation Explained

Nanchao Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Santonian-Campanian ~
Period:	Campanian
Region:	Henan
Country:	China
Coordinates:	32.5°N 112.4°W
Paleocoordinates:	30.8°N 102.4°W
Extent:	Nanyang Valley, Lingbao Basin

The Nanchao Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1] Embryos of therizinosaurs are known from the formation^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ornithopod tracks

References

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. Kundrát. Martin. Cruickshank. Arthur R. I.. Manning. Terry W.. Nudds. John. 2007-10-29. Embryos of therizinosauroid theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of China: diagnosis and analysis of ossification patterns: Therizinosauroid embryos from China. Acta Zoologica. en. 89. 3. 231–251. 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00311.x.