The Quantou Formation is a Cretaceous Period (Mesozoic Era) geologic formation in China. It is primarily Albian in age. It has been explored for its potential as a tight oil reservoir.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithischians Ornithischians of the Quantou FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Changchunsaurus C. parvus A thescelosaurid ornithischian Helioceratops H. brachygnathus A neoceratopsian
Saurischians Saurischians of the Quantou FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Dromaeosauridae indet. Indeterminate A large dromaeosaurid theropod Jiutaisaurus J. xidiensis A titanosauriform sauropod
Mammals Mammals of the Quantou FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Gobiconodon G. gongzhulingensis A gobiconodontid eutriconodont Zhangolestes Z. jilinensis A zalambdalestid eutherian
Oofossils Oofossils of the Quantou FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Jilinoolithus J. lamellotestus Likely laid by non-avian maniraptoran theropod
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
Bibliography Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .