{{More citations needed|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Dapuka Group | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age =Middle Jurassic, {{fossilrange|174.70|161.53}}<ref name=Chinalex /> | prilithology =Sandstone and mudstone | otherlithology =Siltstone and shale | namedfor =Dapuka Village<ref name=Zhao85 /> | namedby =Zhao Xijin (1985)<ref name=Zhao85>Zhao, X. (1985). [The Jurassic Reptilia]. [''The Jurassic System of China. Stratigraphy of China'', No. 11] 286–290.</ref> | region = | country =China | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies =Dayer Formation | overlies =Kenzuoga Formation | thickness =Up to {{convert|1187|m|ft}}<ref name=Chinalex /> | extent =Chando, Chaya County, and Leiniaoqi | area =Tibet Autonomous Region | map = | map_caption = |period=Middle Jurassic}}
The '''Dapuka Group''', also known as the '''Dabuka Group''' and was previously listed as the '''Dapuka Formation''', is a geological formation in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution">Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 541–542. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.</ref><ref name=Chinalex>{{Cite web |title=Dapuka Fm |url=https://chinalex.geolex.org/formations/Dapuka%20Fm |access-date=10 January 2026 |website=Chinalex}}</ref>
==Vertebrate fauna== {| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%" |- ! colspan="5" align="center" |'''Dinosaurs of the Dapuka Group''' |- ! Taxa ! Presence ! Description ! Images |- | '''Genus:''' * ''Lancanjiangosaurus''<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> # ''Lancanjiangosaurus cachuensis''.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | | rowspan="99" | | | |- | '''Genus:''' * ''Ngexisaurus''<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> # ''N. dapukaensis''.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | |- | '''Infraorder:''' * Sauropoda<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> # Unnamed genus.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | |- | '''Infraorder:''' * Stegosauria<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> # Possible unnamed stegosaur.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" /> | |- |}
==See also== * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Geologic groups of China Category:Jurassic System of Asia