Xiguayuan Formation | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Age: | Barremian ~ |
Period: | Barremian |
Prilithology: | Conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
Otherlithology: | Volcanic and pyroclastic sediments |
Region: | Hebei |
Country: | China |
Coordinates: | 45.9°N 117.3°W |
Paleocoordinates: | 48.8°N 117.4°W |
Underlies: | Quaternary sediments |
Overlies: | Zhangjiakou Formation |
Thickness: | Up to 2500m (8,200feet) |
The Xiguayuan Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Barremian) geologic formation in Hebei Province of China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] It was deposited in a shallow lacustrine setting and is noted for its hyperpycnite facies.[2]
The formation has provided the following fossils: