Fengjiahe Formation

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The Fengjiahe Formation is a geological formation in China. It dates back to the Early Jurassic, most likely to the Pliensbachian.[1] The formation is up to 1500 metres thick and consists of "purple-red mudstone and argillaceous siltstone interbedded with gray-green and yellow-green quartz sandstone and feldspathic quartz sandstone"[2]

Fossil content

Theropod tracks geographically present in Yunnan, China.[3]

Vertebrates
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Shuangbaisaurus S. anlongbaoensis Shuangbai County Lower part of formation Partial skull with lower jaw A crested basal theropod, probably a junior synonym of Sinosaurus
Chinshakiangosaurus[3] C. chunghoensis[3] Geographically present in Yunnan, China.[3] A basal sauropod
Irisosaurus[4][5] I. yimenensis A sauropodiform sauropomorph
Lufengosaurus[2] L. huenei A massospondylid sauropodomorph

Yimenosaurus[3]

Y. youngi[3]

Geographically present in Yunnan, China.[3]

"[Ten] partial skeletons, skull, adult."[6]

A plateosaurid sauropodomorph
Yunnanosaurus[1] Y. youngi A sauropodiform sauropodomorph
Yuxisaurus[7] Y. kopchicki Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan, China Upper Partial skeleton including a partial skull, cervical and dorsal vertebrae, scapulae, right humerus, left femur, and osteoderms A basal thyreophoran

See also

References

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