Zhenzhuchong Formation Explained

Zhenzhuchong Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Lower Jurassic
Prilithology:	Mudstone
Otherlithology:	Sandstone
Region:	Sichuan Province
Country:	China
Underlies:	Ziliujing Formation
Overlies:	Xujiahe Formation
Thickness:	17-68 metres
Extent:	Sichuan Basin

The Zhenzhuchong Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in China. Plesiosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from its strata. Remains of the prosauropod Lufengosaurus huenei have been recovered from this formation^[1] As well as dinosaur footprints.^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

• 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. Xing. Lida. Peng. Guangzhao. Ye. Yong. Lockley. Martin G.. Klein. Hendrik. Persons. W. Scott. Zhang. Jianping. Shu. Chunkang. Hao. Baoqiao. 2014-04-03. Sauropod and Small Theropod Tracks from the Lower Jurassic Ziliujing Formation of Zigong City, Sichuan, China, with an Overview of Triassic–Jurassic Dinosaur Fossils and Footprints of the Sichuan Basin. Ichnos. en. 21. 2. 119–130. 10.1080/10420940.2014.909352. 129220218 . 1042-0940. 10.1.1.663.3037.