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The Wangi Formation is a
Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceo ...
geologic
formation Formation may refer to: Linguistics * Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes * Word formation, the creation of a new word by adding affixes Mathematics and science * Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. Indeterminate fossil
dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
tracks have been reported from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.


See also

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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented. Containing body fossils * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils ** List of stratigraphic units with few ...
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List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur tracks Indeterminate or unspecified dinosaur tracks Ornithischians Indeterminate or unspecified ornithischian tracks Saurischians Theropods Sauropodomorphs See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock f ...
*** Indeterminate dinosaur tracks


Footnotes


References

* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. . Mesozoic Erathem of Asia {{China-geologic-formation-stub