The Xiaguan Formation is a
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded by t ...
to
Campanian geologic
formation
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* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
in
Henan Province of China.
[Xiaguan Formation]
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remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Paleofauna
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Baotianmansaurus
''Baotianmansaurus'' (named after the Baotianman National Nature Reserve) is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur. Its fossils have been found in Upper Cretaceous rocks in Henan, China, within the Gaogou Formation. The type species is ''B ...
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[Zhang et al., 2009]
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Mosaiceratops
''Mosaiceratops'' is a genus of ceratopsian, described by Zheng, Jin & Xu in 2015 and found in the Xiaguan Formation of Neixiang County. ''Mosaiceratops'' lived in the upper Cretaceous in what is now the Henan Province of China.
Although phylo ...
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[Zheng et al., 2015]
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Nanyangosaurus
''Nanyangosaurus'' is a genus of herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur belonging to Hadrosauroidea that lived in the Late Cretaceous of present-day Henan Province, China.
In 1994 the remains of ''Nanyangosaurus'' were found near the village of Hou ...
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[Wang et al., 2013]
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 few dinosaur genera
This list of stratigraphic units with few non-avian dinosaur genera includes Mesozoic stratigraphic units of formation rank or higher that have produced dinosaur body fossils which have been referred to at most five genera. Since taxonomy frequent ...
References
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* {{cite LSA , last=Zhang , first=X. , first2=J. , last2=Lü , first3=J. , last3=Li , first4=L. , last4=Yang , first5=W. , last5=Hu , first6=S. , last7=Jia , first8=Q. , last8=Ji , first9=C. , last9=Zhang , year=2009 , title=A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Gaogou Formation of Nanyang, Henan Province , journal=
Acta Geologica Sinica
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, volume=83 , pages=212–221
Geologic formations of China
Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
Cretaceous China
Turonian Stage
Santonian Stage
Campanian Stage
Ooliferous formations