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16Fossil sites

Gaogou Formation

Gaogou Formation in China: 16 fossil sites. Typical age: 90–86 million years (Cretaceous).

16Fossil sites
19Finds
90–86 million yearsTypical age
CretaceousMain period

Where its fossils were found

Gaogou Formation
Cretaceous

By geological period

Cretaceous16

What was found

Dinosaurs · 19Macroelongatoolithus, Placoolithus, Elongatoolithus, Paraspheroolithus, Ovaloolithus, Protodictyoolithus, Faveoloolithus, Spheroolithus, Beibeilong, Dendroolithus, Nanhsiungoolithus

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Other formations of the same period

Cretaceous