• Source: Lufeng Formation

The Lufeng Formation (formerly Lower Lufeng Series) is a Lower Jurassic sedimentary rock formation found in Yunnan, China. It has two units: the lower Dull Purplish Beds/Shawan Member are of Hettangian age, and Dark Red Beds/Zhangjia'ao Member are of Sinemurian age. It is known for its fossils of early dinosaurs. The Dull Purplish Beds have yielded the possible therizinosaur Eshanosaurus, the possible theropod Lukousaurus, and the "prosauropods" "Gyposaurus" sinensis, Lufengosaurus, Jingshanosaurus, and Yunnanosaurus. Dinosaurs discovered in the Dark Red Beds include the theropod Sinosaurus triassicus, the "prosauropods" "Gyposaurus", Lufengosaurus, and Yunnanosaurus, indeterminate remains of sauropods, and the early armored dinosaurs Bienosaurus and Tatisaurus.




Paleofauna






= Rhynchocephalians

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= Crurotarsans

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= Ornithischians

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Indeterminate ornithopod remains Yunnan. Dark Red Beds.




= Sauropodomorphs

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= Theropods

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= Cynodonts

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See also


List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations




References






= Bibliography

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Barrett, P.M.; Xu X. (2005). "Reassessment of Dianchungosaurus lufengensis Yang, 1982, an enigmatic reptile from the Lower Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China". Journal of Paleontology. 79 (5): 981–986. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0981:ARODLY]2.0.CO;2.
Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar genus dinosaurus
• Lufeng Formation
• Sinosaurus
• List of Asian dinosaurs
• Panguraptor
• Therizinosauria
• Chuanjie Formation
• Tatisaurus
• Kunminia
• List of sauropodomorph type specimens
• Bienosaurus