Shanyang Formation

Shanyang Formation
Shanyang Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Asia

The Shanyang Formation (simplified Chinese: 山阳组; traditional Chinese: 山陽組; pinyin: Shānyáng Zǔ) is a geological formation in Shaanxi whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

[cretaceousdistribution-1] Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

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