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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Geological formation in Zhejiang, China}}<br />
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| name = Jinhua Formation<br />
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| type = [[Geological formation]]<br />
| age = [[Turonian]]-[[Coniacian]]<br>~{{fossilrange|92|88}}<br />
| period = Coniacian<br />
| prilithology = Red or variegated clastic rock<br />
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| region = [[Zhejiang Province|Zhejiang]]<br />
| country = [[China]]<br />
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| unitof = [[Qujiang Group]]<br />
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| underlies = [[Quxian Formation]]<br />
| overlies = [[Zhongdal Formation]]<br />
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The '''Jinhua Formation''' ({{zh|s=金华组|t=金華組|p=Jīnhuá Zǔ}}) is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[Zhejiang]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], whose strata date back to the [[Late Cretaceous]] period (Turonian to Coniacian).<ref name="xi2018">{{cite journal|last1=Xi|first1=D.|last2=Wan|first2=X.|last3=Li|first3=G.|last4=Li|first4=G.|year=2018|title=Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China|journal=Science China Earth Sciences|volume=61|pages=1–31|doi=10.1007/s11430-017-9262-y|s2cid=135150710}}</ref> It was initially believed to be [[Early Cretaceous]] ([[Albian|late Albian]]) in age.<ref>Feng Tang, Xi-Min Kang, Xing-Sheng Jin, Feng Wei, Wei-Tang Wu (2001) [http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200901/P020100304321588316606.pdf "A New Sauropod Dinosaur of Cretaceous From Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province"] in: ''Vertebrata PalAsiatica.'' Bd. 39, Nr. 4, pp. 272–281.</ref><br />
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Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">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. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.</ref><br />
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== Fossil content ==<br />
* ''[[Jiangshanosaurus|Jiangshanosaurus lixianensis]]''<ref name="cretaceousdistribution"/> - "Partial postcranial skeleton."<ref name="table-13-1-269">"Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 269.</ref><br />
* ''[[Dongyangosaurus|Dongyangosaurus sinensis]]'' - "Partial postcranial skeleton."<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Geologic formations of China]]<br />
[[Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Cretaceous China]]<br />
[[Category:Coniacian Stage]]<br />
[[Category:Turonian Stage]]<br />
[[Category:Paleontology in Zhejiang]]<br />
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