Sigou Formation
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| type = Geological formation
| age = Late Cretaceous
| period = Late Cretaceous
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The Sigou Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation,Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607. including Dictyoolithus.Z.-K. Zhao. (1994) "Dinosaur eggs in China:On the structure and evolution of eggshells." In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Cambridge. pp. 184-203.
See also
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References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.
Category:Geologic formations of China
Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
Category:Ooliferous formations
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