Houcheng Formation
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The Houcheng Formation is a geological formation in Hebei, China whose strata date back to the Upper Middle Jurassic. The lithology primarily consists of sandstone and conglomerate deposited in fluvial, alluvial fan and fan delta conditions, with interbeds of volcanic rocks.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
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X. nieii[2] |
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See also
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References
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- ↑ a b c d 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. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Zhao, X., Cheng, Z., Xu., X., and Makovicky, P. J. 2006. "A new ceratopsian from the Upper Jurassic Houcheng Formation of Hebei, China." Acta Geologica Sinica, 80 (4): 467–473 Full text.
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