Zhidan Group Explained

Zhidan Group
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Early Cretaceous
Period:	Early Cretaceous
Region:	Inner Mongolia
Underlies:	Tegaimiao Formation, Dongsheng Formation
Overlies:	Yuun Formation

The Zhidan Group is a geological formation in China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

• Psittacosaurus sp.^[1]
• Sauroplites scutiger
• Wuerhosaurus ordosensis^[2]
• Huanhepterus quingyanensis
• Ikechosaurus sunailinae

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. .
2. Hou Y., and Ji, S., 2017. New findings of stegosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Luohandong Formation in the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia. Geological Bulletin of China 36(7): 1097-1103.