Quxian Formation

The Quxian Formation is a Santonian to Campanian geologic formation in China.[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs have been reported from the formation.[2] It is a unit of the Qujiang Group and dates to the Santonian through early Campanian.[1]

Quxian Formation Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~85–75 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Qujiang Group
Underlies	Unconformity: Tongxiang Formation
Overlies	Jinhua Formation
Lithology
Primary	Red or variegated sandstone
Other	Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	28.7°N 118.5°E / 28.7; 118.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	31.0°N 112.4°E / 31.0; 112.4
Region	Zhejiang Province
Country	China
Quxian Formation (China)

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
    • Dinosaur eggs

References

1. Xi et al., 2018
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

• Xi, D.; X. Wan; G. Li, and G. Li. 2018. Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China. Science China Earth Sciences 61. 1–31. doi:10.1007/s11430-017-9262-y
• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Further reading

• N. J. Mateer. 1986. Dinosaur eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, China. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Abstracts with Program 20