23Fossil sites

Jiaguan Formation

Jiaguan Formation in China: 23 fossil sites. Typical age: 126–101 million years (Cretaceous).

23Fossil sites

56Finds

126–101 million yearsTypical age

CretaceousMain period

Where its fossils were found

Jiaguan Formation

Cretaceous

By geological period

Cretaceous23

What was found

Dinosaurs · 54Caririchnium, Brontopodus, Eubrontes, Velociraptorichnus, Yangtzepus, Grallator, Minisauripus, Irenesauripus, Qijiangpus, Dromaeopodus

Pterosaurs · 2Pteraichnus

Towns with the most fossil sites nearby

Baishu’aoFossil sites: 7

TianxingqiaoFossil sites: 2

GuanyinFossil sites: 1

ChuanzhuFossil sites: 1

YangjiaFossil sites: 1

HuangzuiezuiFossil sites: 1

PingzitouFossil sites: 1

JinyuxiFossil sites: 1

HongchonggouFossil sites: 1

LongbencaoFossil sites: 1

WawuFossil sites: 1

ShuangfengyuanFossil sites: 1

LeigongbeiFossil sites: 1

Xin’anFossil sites: 1

AluoFossil sites: 1

WangchongtouFossil sites: 1

Jiaguan Formation

Where its fossils were found

By geological period

What was found

Towns with the most fossil sites nearby

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