Lura Formation

Lura Formation
Lura Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous, ; ~120–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Loe-ein Formation
Location
Region	Asia
Country	China

The Lura Formation is a geological formation in western China, which outcrops in Tibet, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Tetanurae indet.
?Coelurosauria indet. (="Microvenator chagyabi")
Sauropoda indet. (=cf. Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis)
Monkonosaurus lawulacus? - "[Two] vertebrae, sacrum with illia, [three] plates, adult. (possibly found instead in the overlying Loe-ein Formation)"

References

1 2 3 4 5 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.
↑ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.

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[cretaceousdistribution-1] 1 2 3 4 5 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.

[table-16-1-345-2] "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.

Lura Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous, ~120–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Loe-ein Formation
Location
Region	Asia
Country	China

Lura Formation

Vertebrate paleofauna

See also

References