Nanchao Formation
Geologic formation in Henan, China
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The Nanchao Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] Embryos of therizinosaurs are known from the formation[2]
RegionHenan
| Nanchao Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Campanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32.5°N 112.4°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 30.8°N 102.4°E |
| Region | Henan |
| Country | China |
| Extent | Nanyang Valley, Lingbao Basin |
  Nanchao Formation (China)  Nanchao Formation (Henan) | |