The Majiacun Formation is a

Santonian The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya (million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 mya. The ...

Coniacian The Coniacian is an age or stage in the geologic timescale. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series and spans the time between 89.8 ± 1 Ma and 86.3 ± 0.7 Ma (million years ago). The Coniacian is preceded by t ...

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remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

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Bactrosaurus ''Bactrosaurus'' (; meaning "Club lizard," "baktron" = club + ''sauros'' = lizard) is a genus of herbivorous hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous, about 96-85 million years ago. The position ''Bactrosaurus'' occupi ...

'' (remains originally known as '' Bakesaurus'') * '' Mosaiceratops azumai''Zheng et al., 2015 * ''

Xixiasaurus henanensis ''Xixiasaurus'' () is a genus of troodontid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now China. The only known specimen was discovered in Xixia County, Henan Province, in central China, and became the holotype of the new ...

''Lü et al., 2010 * '' Xixianykus zhangi''Xu et al., 2010 * '' Yunxianosaurus hubeinensis''Li, Zhengqi. (2001). Distribution, burying and classification of dinosaur fossils in Upper Cretaceous strata at Meipu Town, Yunxian County of Hubei Province. ''Hubei Geology & Mineral Resources'', 15(4)(Total No 37): 25-31

/ref> * '' Zhanghenglong, Zhanghenglong yangchengensis''Xing et al., 2014 * Baryonychinae indet.? (possibly an indeterminate theropod due to no shared synapomorphies present)Hone et al., 2010 ;Fossil eggs * '' Dendroolithus sanlimiaoensis''Zhou & Feng, 2002 * ''

Prismatoolithus gebiensis ''Prismatoolithus'' is an oogenus of dinosaur egg from the Cretaceous (Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132 ...

''Liang et al., 2009 * '' Ovaloolithus sp.'' * '' Spheroolithus sp.''Zhao, 1979 * '' Nanyangosaurus zhugeii'' * '' Youngoolithus xiaguanensis'' ;Ichnofossils * '' Scoyenia sp.''

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Vertebrata PalAsiatica The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP; ) of China is a research institution and collections repository for fossils, including many dinosaur and pterosaur specimens (many from the Yixian Formation). As its name sugges ...

, volume=17 , pages=304–309 Geologic formations of China Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia Cretaceous China Santonian Stage Coniacian Stage Mudstone formations Sandstone formations Fluvial deposits Ichnofossiliferous formations Ooliferous formations Paleontology in Henan Paleontology in Hubei

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