Suining Formation
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The Suining Formation is a geological formation in 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.
Dinosaurs
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Mamenchisaurus Mamenchisaurus Mamenchisaurus was a plant-eating four-legged dinosaur, known for its remarkably long neck which made up half its total length. It is known from numerous species which ranged in time from 160 to 145 million years ago, from the Oxfordian to Tithonian ages of the late Jurassic Period of... |
M. anyuensis |
Geographically located in Sichuan Sichuan ' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu... , China. |
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Yangchuanosaurus Yangchuanosaurus Yangchuanosaurus was a theropod dinosaur that lived in China during the late Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic, and was similar in size and appearance to its North American contemporary, Allosaurus... |
Yangchuanosaurus sp. |
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