Dashuigou Formation

The Dashuigou Formation (simplified Chinese: 大水沟组; traditional Chinese: 大水溝組; pinyin: Dàshuǐgōu Zǔ) is a geological formation in Inner Mongolia, north China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous period.

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Dashuigou Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian ~110–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Inner Mongolia
Country	China
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The hadrosauroid Probactrosaurus has been reported from this formation,^[1] although it actually derives from the Miaogou Formation, which has outcrops nearby.^[2]

1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. ^ Hao, Mingze; Li, Zhiyu; Wang, Zhili; Wang, Shuqiong; Ma, Feimin; Qinggele; King, J. Logan; Pei, Rui; Zhao, Qi; Xu, Xing (2024-10-24). "A new oviraptorosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Miaogou Formation of western Inner Mongolia, China". Cretaceous Research (in press) 106023. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106023.

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