Quxian Formation Explained

Quxian Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:Santonian-Campanian
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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]

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  1. Xi et al., 2018
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.