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Penglaizhen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian–Valanginian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Cangxi & Jiaguan Formations
Overlies	Suining Formation
Location
Region	Asia
Country	China
Extent	Sichuan Basin

The Penglaizhen Formation (simplified Chinese: 蓬莱镇组; traditional Chinese: 蓬萊鎮組; pinyin: Péngláizhèn Zǔ), is a geological formation in Sichuan, China. It was formerly thought to be Late Jurassic in age. The underlying Suining Formation has been dated to the Upper Aptian, about 114 Ma, which would suggest that the Penglaizhen Formation is Albian at the oldest. However, a subsequent study suggested that the dates for the Suining Formation have been altered by geologic processes. It dates the formation to the around the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, about 145 Ma, so the Penglaizhen Formation would likely be Berriasian or Valanginian in age. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate ornithischian tracks have been recovered from Penglaizhen outcrops in Sichuan, China.

Plants

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. Wang, Jun; Norell, Mark A.; Pei, Rui; Ye, Yong; Chang, Su-Chin (July 2019). "Surprisingly young age for the mamenchisaurid sauropods in South China". Cretaceous Research. 104: 104176. Bibcode:2019CrRes.10404176W. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.07.006.
2. Huang, Diying (19 October 2018). "Jurassic integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China". Science China Earth Sciences. 62 (1): 223–255. Bibcode:2019ScChD..62..223H. doi:10.1007/s11430-017-9268-7. ISSN 1674-7313. S2CID 134359019.
3. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 550–552. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
4. ^ Li; Zhang; Cai (1999). "The Characteristics of the Composition of the Trace Elements in Jurassic Dinosaur Bones and Red Beds in Sichuan Basin". Geological Publishing House, Beijing: 155.
5. Xie, Aowei; Wang, Yongdong; Tian, Ning; Xie, Xiaoping; Xi, Shuna; Uhl, Dieter (2023-09-20). "New occurrence of the Late Jurassic Xenoxylon wood in the Sichuan Basin, southern China: wood anatomy, and paleobiodiversity implications". PalZ. 98: 5–15. doi:10.1007/s12542-023-00671-9. ISSN 1867-6812.

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