Napan Formation
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The Napan Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation. Dinosaur
remains diagnostic to the genus
level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
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...
remains diagnostic to the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Dinosaurs
| 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 reported from the Hühteeg Svita |
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Asiatosaurus Asiatosaurus Asiatosaurus was a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur which lived during the early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in China and Mongolia. It is known only from teeth, making it difficult to rely on information until more specimens are found to expand our knowledge.The type species, A.... |
A. kwangshiensis |
Teeth. |
Indeterminate Sauropod. |
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Indeterminate Ornithopod Ornithopod Ornithopods or members of the clade Ornithopoda are a group of ornithischian dinosaurs that started out as small, bipedal running grazers, and grew in size and numbers until they became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world, and dominated the North American... |
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Fusuisaurus Fusuisaurus Fusuisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.... |
F. zhaoi |
A Titanosauriform |
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Liubangosaurus Liubangosaurus Liubangosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur which lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern China. Liubangosaurus is known from the holotype NHMG8152, five nearly complete and articulated middle-caudal dorsal vertebrae referred to as. It was collected from the Napai Formation in... |
L. hei |
A Eusauropod. |
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Prodeinodon Prodeinodon Prodeinodon is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China and Mongolia. Three species have been identified, all three known only from tooth fragments showing no diagnostic features, making them difficult to classify, though they may belong to a carnosaur.The type... |
P. kwangshiensis |
Several teeth, fragmentary tibia, fragmentary fibula. |
Indeterminate Theropod. |
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