The Nanchao Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] Embryos of therizinosaurs are known from the formation[2]

Nanchao Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian
~85–75 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Location
Coordinates32°30′N 112°24′E / 32.5°N 112.4°E / 32.5; 112.4
Approximate paleocoordinates30°48′N 102°24′E / 30.8°N 102.4°E / 30.8; 102.4
RegionHenan
Country China
ExtentNanyang Valley, Lingbao Basin
Nanchao Formation is located in China
Nanchao Formation
Nanchao Formation (China)
Nanchao Formation is located in Henan
Nanchao Formation
Nanchao Formation (Henan)

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References

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  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ^ Kundrát, Martin; Cruickshank, Arthur R. I.; Manning, Terry W.; Nudds, John (2007-10-29). "Embryos of therizinosauroid theropods from the Upper Cretaceous of China: diagnosis and analysis of ossification patterns: Therizinosauroid embryos from China". Acta Zoologica. 89 (3): 231–251. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00311.x.

Bibliography

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.