Kalazha Formation
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The Kalazha Formation is a geological formation in Xinjiang, China whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago , which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata. In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
| 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 of the Kalazha Formation |
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Chiayusaurus Chiayusaurus Chiayusaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from teeth found in Asia. Two species have been named for this obscure genus. It was originally named as Chiayüsaurus, but the ICZN does not permit special characters, so it has become Chiayusaurus... |
C. lacustris |
Later found to be indeterminate sauropod remains. |
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Hudiesaurus Hudiesaurus Hudiesaurus is a genus of dinosaur from China. A sauropod, it may have been related to Mamenchisaurus. Its fossil remains were found in the Kalazha Formation, which dates to the late Jurassic Period. The type species, Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum, is known from only two incomplete specimens... |
H. sinojapanorum |
Geographically located in Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China. |
"Dorsal vertebra, complete forelimb, [and four] teeth." |
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cf. Szechuanosaurus Szechuanosaurus Szechuanosaurus is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. This dinosaur lived in the Asia in the Oxfordian and early Kimmeridgian . It is based on four undiagnostic teeth from the Shangshaximiao Formation.-Discovery and species:Three species have been assigned to this genus... |
cf. S. campi |
Geographically located in Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China. |
Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains. |
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