# Dapuka Group

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{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Dapuka Group
| image          =
| caption        =
| type           = [Geological formation](/source/Geological_formation)
| age            =[Middle Jurassic](/source/Middle_Jurassic), {{fossilrange|174.70|161.53}}<ref name=Chinalex />
| prilithology   =[Sandstone](/source/Sandstone) and [mudstone](/source/mudstone)
| otherlithology =[Siltstone](/source/Siltstone) and [shale](/source/shale)
| namedfor       =Dapuka Village<ref name=Zhao85 />
| namedby        =[Zhao Xijin](/source/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](/source/China)
| coordinates    =
| unitof         =
| subunits       =
| underlies      =[Dayer Formation](/source/Dayer_Formation)
| overlies       =[Kenzuoga Formation](/source/Kenzuoga_Formation)
| thickness      =Up to {{convert|1187|m|ft}}<ref name=Chinalex />
| extent         =Chando, [Chaya County](/source/Chaya_County), and [Leiniaoqi](/source/Leiniaoqi)
| area           =[Tibet Autonomous Region](/source/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](/source/Formation_(geology)) in the [Tibet Autonomous Region](/source/Tibet_Autonomous_Region), [China](/source/China). It dates back to the [Middle Jurassic](/source/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==
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! colspan="5" align="center" |'''[Dinosaur](/source/Dinosaur)s of the Dapuka Group'''
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! Taxa
! Presence
! Description
! Images
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'''Genus:'''
* ''[Lancanjiangosaurus](/source/Lancanjiangosaurus)''<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
# ''Lancanjiangosaurus cachuensis''.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically located in [Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang) Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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'''Genus:'''
* ''[Ngexisaurus](/source/Ngexisaurus)''<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
# ''N. dapukaensis''.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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|-
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'''Infraorder:'''
* [Sauropoda](/source/Sauropoda)<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
# Unnamed genus.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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|-
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'''Infraorder:'''
* [Stegosauria](/source/Stegosauria)<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
# Possible unnamed stegosaur.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<ref name="middlejurassicdistribution" />
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|-
|}

==See also==
* [List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations](/source/List_of_dinosaur-bearing_rock_formations)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Geologic groups of China
Category:Jurassic System of Asia

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