Fangyan Formation

Fangyan Formation
Fangyan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, 100.5–85 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Underlies	Chaochuan Formation and Moshishau Group
Overlies	Guantou Formation and Zhaochuan Formation
Thickness	up to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate
Location
Country	China

The Fangyan Formation is a geologic formation in China (Dongyang). It is made up of mainly conglomerates. It preserves dinosaur fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous.^[1]

Fossil content

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Sauropods of the Fangyan Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Image
Dongyangosaurus^[2]^[3]	D. sinensis	Zhejiang Province, China	Turonian to Coniacian	Partial postcranial skeleton.	A titanosaurian sauropod

↑ Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Dodson, Peter (2004). Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8.
↑ Lu Junchang; Yoichi Azuma; Chen Rongjun; Zheng Wenjie; Jin Xingsheng (2008). "A new titanosauriform sauropod from the early Late Cretaceous of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 82 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2008.tb00572.x.
↑ Upchurch, Paul; Barrett, Paul M.; Dodson, Peter (2004). "Sauropoda". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24209-8.