Nanchao Formation

The Nanchao Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1] Embryos of therizinosaurs are known from the formation^[2]

Nanchao Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~85–75 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Location
Coordinates	32.5°N 112.4°E / 32.5; 112.4
Approximate paleocoordinates	30.8°N 102.4°E / 30.8; 102.4
Region	Henan
Country	China
Extent	Nanyang Valley, Lingbao Basin
Nanchao Formation (China) Show map of China Nanchao Formation (Henan) Show map of Henan

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Ornithopod tracks