Zhaoying Formation

Zhaoying Formation
Zhaoying Formation
Stratigraphic range: Coniacian; ~89–87 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	33°18′N 111°30′E / 33.3°N 111.5°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	33°06′N 104°00′E / 33.1°N 104.0°E
Region	Henan Province
Country	China
Type section
Named for	Zhaoying village
	Zhaoying Formation (China) Zhaoying Formation (Henan)

The Zhaoying Formation is a Coniacian geologic formation in Henan Province, China.^[1] Fossil dinosaur eggs of Ovaloolithus sp. have been reported from the formation.^[2]

References

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21

Zhaoying Formation
Stratigraphic range: Coniacian ~89–87 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	33°18′N 111°30′E / 33.3°N 111.5°E / 33.3; 111.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	33°06′N 104°00′E / 33.1°N 104.0°E / 33.1; 104.0
Region	Henan Province
Country	China
Type section
Named for	Zhaoying village
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