{{short description|Geological formation in China}} {{ref improve|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Daye Group | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age = | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = | country = | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = | overlies = | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }}
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The '''Daye Group''' is a geological formation in China. It dates back to the Hettangian-Pliensbachian<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution">Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 534–535. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.</ref> and it preserves dinosaur fossils, although none can be referred to the genus level.
==Vertebrate fauna== {| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%" |- ! colspan="5" align="center" |'''Dinosaurs of the Daye Group''' |- ! Taxa ! Presence ! Notes ! Images |- | '''Genus:''' * ''Lufengosaurus''<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> # ''L. changduensis''<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | | rowspan="100" | [[Image:Lufengosaurus sketch2.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''Lufengosaurus'']]
[[Image:Lufengosaurus magnus3.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''Lufengosaurus'']] |- | '''Genus:''' * Prosauropoda<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> # Unnamed prosauropod.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | |- | '''Genus:''' * Sauropoda<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> # Unnamed sauropod.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | |- |'''Genus:''' * Theropoda<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> # Unnamed theropod | # Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | # Informally known as "Prodeinodon tibetensis".<ref>L. Ye, Y. Hao, H. Qi, Y. Li, and X. Zhao. 1986. [The southern Xinjiang–the Qinghui, Xizang region]. Ching-kuo Ti Pao o Hsi [The Cretaceous System of China. The Stratigraphy of China] 12:193-204</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Prodeinodon mongoliensis'', ''P. kwangshiensis'', "P. tibetensis"|url=https://a-dinosaur-a-day.com/post/161779848419/prodeinodon-mongoliensis-p-kwangshiensis-p|publisher=A Dinosaur a Day|accessdate=24 April 2020}}</ref> # Known from a single vertebra. |- | '''Genus:''' * Thyreophora<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> # Possible unnamed thyreophoran.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | # Geographically present in Xizang Zizhiqu, China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" /> | |- |}
==See also== * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Geologic groups of China Category:Jurassic System of Asia