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Daye Group

The Daye Group is a geological formation in China. It dates back to the Hettangian-Pliensbachian and it preserves dinosaur fossils, although none can be referred to the genus level.

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Daye Group
TypeGeological formation

The Daye Group is a geological formation in China. It dates back to the Hettangian-Pliensbachian1 and it preserves dinosaur fossils, although none can be referred to the genus level.

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaurs of the Daye Group
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. L. changduensis1
  1. Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.1
Lufengosaurus source ↗
Lufengosaurus source ↗

Genus:

  1. Unnamed prosauropod.1
  1. Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.1

Genus:

  1. Unnamed sauropod.1
  1. Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.1
Genus:
  1. Unnamed theropod
  1. Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.1
  1. Informally known as "Prodeinodon tibetensis".23
  2. Known from a single vertebra.

Genus:

  1. Possible unnamed thyreophoran.1
  1. Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.1
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 534–535. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. L. Ye, Y. Hao, H. Qi, Y. Li, and X. Zhao. 1986. [The southern Xinjiang–the Qinghui, Xizang region]. Ching-kuo Ti Pao o Hsi [The Cretaceous System of China. The Stratigraphy of China] 12:193-204
  3. "Prodeinodon mongoliensis, P. kwangshiensis, "P. tibetensis"". A Dinosaur a Day. Retrieved 24 April 2020.