Zhaoying Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Henan, China}}
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| type = Geological formation
| age = Coniacian
~{{fossil range|89|87}}
| period = Coniacian
| prilithology = Siltstone
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| namedfor = Zhaoying village
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| region = Henan Province
| country = China
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The Zhaoying Formation is a Coniacian geologic formation in Henan Province, China.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=35924 Zhaoying village, Xixia county] at Fossilworks.org Fossil dinosaur eggs of Ovaloolithus sp. have been reported from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
See also
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last1=Weishampel |first1=David B. |author2-link=Peter Dodson |last2=Dodson |first2=Peter |author3-link=Halszka Osmólska |last3=Osmólska |first3=Halszka |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria, 2nd edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21 |isbn=0-520-24209-2 |author1-link=David B. Weishampel }}
Further reading
- Y. Li, Y. Liu, X. Chen and G. Zhao. 1996. Dinosaurian Embryo II: Young Dinosaur-bones in Ovaloolithus. Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences 21(6):608-610
Category:Geologic formations of China
Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia