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Lura Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Region
  
Asia

The Lura Formation is a geological formation in western China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Tetanurae indet
  •  ?Coelurosauria indet
  • Sauropoda indet. (=cf. Asiatosaurus kwangshiensis)
  • Monkonosaurus lawulacus - "[Two] vertebrae, sacrum with illia, [three] plates, adult."

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    Lura Formation Wikipedia
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