| Liangtoutang Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian-Cenomanian ~105.9–96 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Tiantai Group |
| Underlies | Chichengshan Formation |
| Overlies | Tangshang Formation |
| Thickness | About 300 m (980 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 28°42′N 120°12′E / 28.7°N 120.2°E / 28.7; 120.2 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 36°18′N 120°00′E / 36.3°N 120.0°E / 36.3; 120.0 |
| Region | Zhejiang |
| Country |  China |
| Extent | Huzhen Basin |
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The Liangtoutang Formation, also referred to as the Laijia Formation is a geological formation located in Zhejiang, China. Its strata date back to the Albian to Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, between 105.9 and 96 million years ago. The lithology primarily consists of red sandstone.
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs of the Liangtoutang Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
| Yueosaurus | Y. tiantaiensis | "Partial postcranial skeleton" | A neornithischian | |||
| Jinyunpelta | J. sinensis | "An almost complete skull" and two partial postcranial skeletons | An ankylosaurin ankylosaur |  | ||
Other fossils
- Fossil eggs
References
- Liangtoutang Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Zheng et al., 2012
- Zheng, 2018
- ^ Jin et al., 2007
- Lawver et al., 2016
Bibliography
- Zheng, Wenjie; Jin, Xingsheng; Azuma, Yoichi; Wang, Qiongying; Miyata, Kazunori; Xu, Xing (2018), "The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian–Cenomanian of China, with implications for the evolution of the tail club", Scientific Reports, 8 (1): Article number 3711, Bibcode:2018NatSR...8.3711Z, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21924-7, PMC 5829254, PMID 29487376
- Lawver, D. R.; Jin, X.; Jackson, F. D.; Wang, Q. (2016), "An avian egg from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Liangtoutang Formation of Zhejiang Province, China", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36 (3): e1100631:1–7, Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E0631L, doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1100631
- Zheng, Wenjie; Jin, Xingsheng; Shibata, Masateru; Azuma, Yoichi; Yu, Fangming (2012), "A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China", Cretaceous Research, 34: 208–219, Bibcode:2012CrRes..34..208Z, doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.001
- Jin, X.; Azuma, Y.; Jackson, F. D.; Varricchio, D. J. (2007), "Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang province, China", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44 (1): 81–88, Bibcode:2007CaJES..44...81J, doi:10.1139/e06-077