Dashuigou Formation

Dashuigou Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Inner Mongolia
Country	China

The Dashuigou Formation (simplified Chinese: 大水沟组; traditional Chinese: 大水溝組; pinyin: Dàshuǐgōu Zǔ) is a geological formation in Inner Mongolia, north China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous period.

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

• Shaochilong maortuensis - "Partial skull, postcranial skeleton."^[2]
• Probactrosaurus alashanicus - "Fragmentary skull."^[3]
• P. gobiensis - "Skull and skeleton."^[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

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1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. ^ "Table 5.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 113.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Table 19.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 417.