Lower Lufeng Series

Lower Lufeng Series

The Lower Lufeng Series (or Lower Lufeng Formation) is a Lower Jurassic sedimentary rock formation found in Yunnan, China. It has two units: the lower Dull Purplish Beds are of Hettangian age, and Dark Red Beds are of Sinemurian age. It is known for its fossils of early dinosaurs. The Dull Purplish Beds have yielded the possible therizinosaur "Eshanosaurus", the possible theropod "Lukousaurus", and the "prosauropods" "Gyposaurus" "sinensis", "Lufengosaurus", "Jingshanosaurus", and "Yunnanosaurus". Dinosaurs discovered in the Dark Red Beds include the theropod "Dilophosaurus" "sinensis", the "prosauropods" "Gyposaurus", "Lufengosaurus", and "Yunnanosaurus", indeterminate remains of sauropods, and the early armored dinosaurs "Bienosaurus" and "Tatisaurus".cite book |last=Weishampel |first=David B. |authorlink=David B. Weishampel |coauthors=Barrett, Paul M.; Coria, Rodolfo A.; Le Loueff, Jean; Xu Xing; Zhao Xijin; Sahni, Ashok; Gomani, Elizabeth M.P.; and Noto, Christopher N. |editor=Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.)|title=The Dinosauria |edition=2nd |year= 2004|publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=0-520-24209-2 |pages=517-606 |chapter=Dinosaur distribution ]

Dinosaurs

Prosauropods

ee also

* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

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