Quantou Formation Explained

Quantou Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Albian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Mudstone
Region:	Jilin
Unitof:	Songliao Basin
Subunits:	First through Fourth Members
Underlies:	Qingshankou Formation
Overlies:	Denglouku Formation
Thickness:	190 to 1379 m

The Quantou Formation is a Cretaceous Period (Mesozoic Era) geologic formation in China. It is primarily Albian in age.^[1] It has been explored for its potential as a tight oil reservoir.^{[2] [3]}

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[4]

Vertebrate paleofauna

• Changchunsaurus
• Helioceratops
• Jiutaisaurus
• Indeterminate Dromaeosauridae^[5]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. WANG. Guodong. CHENG. Rihui. WANG. Pujun. GAO. Youfeng. WANG. Chengshan. REN. Yanguang. HUANG. Qinghua. March 2009. Description of Cretaceous Sedimentary Sequence of the Quantou Formation Recovered by CCSD-SK-Is Borehole in Songliao Basin: Lithostratigraphy, Sedimentary Facies and Cyclic Stratigraphy. Earth Science Frontiers. 16. 2. 324–338. 10.1016/s1872-5791(08)60078-0. 2009ESF....16..324W . 1872-5791.
2. Xi. Kelai. Cao. Yingchang. Haile. Beyene Girma. Zhu. Rukai. Jahren. Jens. Bjørlykke. Knut. Zhang. Xiangxiang. Hellevang. Helge. September 2016. How does the pore-throat size control the reservoir quality and oiliness of tight sandstones? The case of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation in the southern Songliao Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 76. 1–15. 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.05.001. 2016MarPG..76....1X . 0264-8172.
3. Xi. Kelai. Cao. Yingchang. Jahren. Jens. Zhu. Rukai. Bjørlykke. Knut. Haile. Beyene Girma. Zheng. Lijing. Hellevang. Helge. December 2015. Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation tight sandstones in the southern Songliao Basin, China. Sedimentary Geology. 330. 90–107. 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.10.007. 2015SedG..330...90X . 0037-0738.
4. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
5. 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105711 . First discovery of large-bodied dromaeosaurid fossil materials (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Quantou Formation, Songliao Basin, Northeast China . 2024 . Yang . Li . Li . Xiaobo . Chen . Jun . Reisz . Robert R. . Cretaceous Research . 153 . 2024CrRes.15305711Y .