# Daye Group

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{{short description|Geological formation in China}}
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{{distinguish|Daye Formation}}

The '''Daye Group''' is a geological [formation](/source/Formation_(geology)) in China. It dates back to the [Hettangian](/source/Hettangian)-[Pliensbachian](/source/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](/source/dinosaur) [fossil](/source/fossil)s, although none can be referred to the [genus](/source/genus) level.

==Vertebrate fauna==
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! colspan="5" align="center" |'''[Dinosaur](/source/Dinosaur)s of the Daye Group'''
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'''Genus:'''
* ''[Lufengosaurus](/source/Lufengosaurus)''<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
# ''L. changduensis''<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically present in [Xizang Zizhiqu](/source/Xizang_Zizhiqu), China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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[[Image:Lufengosaurus sketch2.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''[Lufengosaurus](/source/Lufengosaurus)'']]

[[Image:Lufengosaurus magnus3.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''[Lufengosaurus](/source/Lufengosaurus)'']]
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'''Genus:'''
* [Prosauropoda](/source/Prosauropoda)<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
# Unnamed prosauropod.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically present in [Xizang Zizhiqu](/source/Xizang_Zizhiqu), China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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'''Genus:'''
* [Sauropoda](/source/Sauropoda)<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
# Unnamed sauropod.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically present in [Xizang Zizhiqu](/source/Xizang_Zizhiqu), China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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|'''Genus:'''
* [Theropoda](/source/Theropoda)<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
# Unnamed theropod
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# Geographically present in [Xizang Zizhiqu](/source/Xizang_Zizhiqu), China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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# Informally known as "[Prodeinodon](/source/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](/source/vertebra).
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'''Genus:'''
* [Thyreophora](/source/Thyreophora)<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
# Possible unnamed thyreophoran.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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# Geographically present in [Xizang Zizhiqu](/source/Xizang_Zizhiqu), China.<ref name="earlyjurassicdistribution" />
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==See also==
* [List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations](/source/List_of_dinosaur-bearing_rock_formations)

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

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