Quxian Formation | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Age: | Santonian-Campanian ~ |
Period: | Campanian |
Prilithology: | Red or variegated sandstone |
Otherlithology: | Conglomerate |
Region: | Zhejiang Province |
Coordinates: | 28.7°N 118.5°W |
Paleocoordinates: | 31°N 112.4°W |
Unitof: | Qujiang Group |
Underlies: | Unconformity: Tongxiang Formation |
Overlies: | Jinhua Formation |
The Quxian Formation is a Santonian to Campanian geologic formation in China.[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[2] It is a unit of the Qujiang Group and dates to the Santonian through early Campanian.[1]