Gaogou
Description
Source: Wikipédia
The Gaogou Formation is a fossiliferous geological formation located in the Xixia Basin of China. The formation dates back to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Coniacian) and fossilized eggs of dinosaurs and turtles are commonly reported from the formation. Dinosaur taxa are also reported from the unit.
Découvertes
Source: The Paleobiology Database
Site(s) correspondant(s) à cette formation: 1
Heimaogou, Zhaoying Village : Henan - Xixia Publication(s)
La base comprend 2 publication(s).
Source: The Paleobiology Database
- ↑1 2 H. Pu, D. K. Zelenitsky, and J. Lü, P. J. Currie, K. Carpenter, L. Xu, E. B. Koppelhus, S. Jia, L. Xiao, H. Chuang, T. Li, M. Kundrát, C. Shen. 2017. Perinate and eggs of a giant caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of central China. Nature Communications 8:14952:1-9 (https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14952)
- ↑1 D. J. Simon, D. J. Varricchio, and Z. Jin, S. F. Robison. 2019. Microstructural overlap of Macroelongatoolithus eggs from Asia and North America expands the occurrence of colossal oviraptorosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(6):e1553046:1-16 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2018.1553046)
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