{{short description|Mesozoic geologic formation in China}} {{Infobox rockunit | name = Qagannur Formation | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age = {{fossilrange|Early Cretaceous}} | prilithology = | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = | country = China | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = | overlies = | thickness = | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }}
The '''Qagannur Formation''' is a Mesozoic geologic formation in China. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref> The informal sauropod "Nurosaurus" is known from this formation.<ref>Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): ''The Dinosauria'', 2nd, ''Berkeley: University of California Press''. 861 pp. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.</ref><ref name="dong1992" />
==Paleofauna== *"Nurosaurus qaganensis" - "partial skeleton"<ref name="dong1992">{{cite book|last=Dong|first=Z.|year=1992|title=Dinosaurian Faunas of China|publisher=China Ocean Press|isbn=3-540-52084-8|pages=111–113}}</ref> *Stegosauria indet. - "plates and scapula"<ref name="dong1992" /> ==See also== {{Portal|Earth sciences|Paleontology|Dinosaurs||}} * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations * List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
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Category:Mesozoic Erathem of Asia Category:Geologic formations of China
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