The Fengjiahe Formation is a geological formation in China. It dates back to the Early Jurassic, most likely to the Pliensbachian.[1] The formation is up to 1500 metres thick and consists of "purple-red mudstone and argillaceous siltstone interbedded with gray-green and yellow-green quartz sandstone and feldspathic quartz sandstone"[2]
Fengjiahe Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Zhanghe Formation |
Overlies | Shezi Formation |
Thickness | Up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone, siltstone |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 24°42′N 101°36′E / 24.7°N 101.6°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 32°42′N 99°48′E / 32.7°N 99.8°E |
Region | Yunnan |
Country | China |
Extent | Yimen Basin |
Fengjiahe Formation (China) Fengjiahe Formation (Yunnan) |
Theropod tracks geographically present in Yunnan, China.[3]
Vertebrates | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
S. anlongbaoensis |
Lower part of formation |
Partial skull with lower jaw |
A crested basal theropod, probably a junior synonym of Sinosaurus |
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C. chunghoensis[3] |
A basal sauropod |
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Lufengosaurus[2] | L. huenei | A massospondylid sauropodomorph | ||||
Y. youngi[3] |
"[Ten] partial skeletons, skull, adult."[4] |
A plateosaurid sauropodomorph | ||||
Yunnanosaurus[1] | Y. youngi | A sauropodiform sauropodomorph | ||||
Yuxisaurus[5] | Y. kopchicki | Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan, China | Upper | Partial skeleton including a partial skull, cervical and dorsal vertebrae, scapulae, right humerus, left femur, and osteoderms | A basal thyreophoran |