Suining Formation

Suining Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia

The Suining Formation (simplified Chinese: 遂宁组; traditional Chinese: 遂寧組; pinyin: Suìníng Zǔ) is a geological formation in China whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Paleobiota

Dinosaurs

Genus Species Presence Notes Images

Mamenchisaurus[1]

M. anyuensis[1]

Geographically located in Sichuan, China.[1]
Yangchuanosaurus

Yangchuanosaurus[1]

Yangchuanosaurus sp.[1]
  1. Geographically located in Sichuan, China.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.

Jurassic Period
Lower/Early Jurassic Middle Jurassic Upper/Late Jurassic
Hettangian | Sinemurian
Pliensbachian | Toarcian		 Aalenian | Bajocian
Bathonian | Callovian		 Oxfordian | Kimmeridgian
Tithonian


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