Gres superieurs Formation
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The Gres superieurs Formation is a geological formation in Laos whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...

. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. It is equivalent to the Khok Kruat Formation
Khok Kruat Formation
The Khok Kruat Formation is a rock formation found in northeastern Thailand. It is one of the formations of the Khorat Group. It is of Aptian stage , and is notable for its fossils of dinosaurs...

 of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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The Gres superieurs Formation is a geological formation in Laos whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...

. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate fauna

The Gres superieurs Formation has also yielded remains of indeterminate iguanodontians, as well as ornithopod
Ornithopod
Ornithopods or members of the clade Ornithopoda are a group of ornithischian dinosaurs that started out as small, bipedal running grazers, and grew in size and numbers until they became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world, and dominated the North American...

 and sauropod tracks.

Dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s reported from the Gres superieurs Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Mandschurosaurus
Mandschurosaurus
Mandschurosaurus is a hadrosaur taxon based on material from the Upper Cretaceous of Belye Kruchi, Manchuria. M. amurensis is based on a poorly preserved and incomplete skeleton collected by Russian scientists in 1914 from the banks of the Amur River...


M. laosensis

An indeterminate iguanodontian.

Tangvayosaurus
Tangvayosaurus
Tangvayosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Grès Supérior Formation of Savannakhet, Laos...


T. hoffeti

"[Two] partial postcranial skeletons."

A sauropod.

Titanosaurus
Titanosaurus
Titanosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, first described by Lydekker in 1877. It is known from the Maastrichtian Lameta Formation of India...


T. falloti

An indeterminate sauropod.


  • Sauropod tracks
  • Iguanodontia indet (=Mandschurosaurus laosensis)
  • Euornithopod tracks
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