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{{Short description|Geologic Formation in China |
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The ”’Luohe Formation”’ an [[Early Cretaceous]] |
The ”’Luohe Formation”’ an [[Early Cretaceous]] [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[China]]. It is located in the [[Ordos Basin]], and records dinosaur fossil trackways. |
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== Geology == |
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The Luohe Formation represents an aeolian [[dune field]] with interspersed |
The Luohe Formation represents an aeolian [[dune field]] with interspersed deposits. Sandstone wedges were identified at three different outcrops, representing infilling of [[Ice wedge|thermal contraction cracks]]. This [[periglacial]] scenario is analogous to that of the Qiongkuai Lebashi Lake area, [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. This Cretaceous plateau desert was estimated to be around 3- paleoaltitude at a subtropical latitude.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=RodrÃguez-López |first=Juan Pedro |last2=Wu |first2=Chihua |last3=Vishnivetskaya |first3=Tatiana A. |last4=Murton |first4=Julian B. |last5=Tang |first5=Wenqiang |last6=Ma |first6=Chao |date=2022-12-26 |title=Permafrost in the Cretaceous supergreenhouse |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35676-6 |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=7946 |doi=10.1038/s41467-022-35676-6 |issn=2041-1723|pmc=9792593 }}</ref> |
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== Fossils == |
== Fossils == |
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Likely [[Deinonychosauria| |
Likely [[Deinonychosauria|]] and other small indeterminate [[Theropoda|]] trackways have been identified in the Luohe Formation.<ref name=”:0″ /> |
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== References == |
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Latest revision as of 08:13, 26 September 2025
Geologic Formation in China
The Luohe Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in China. It is located in the Ordos Basin, and records fossil dinosaur trackways.
The formation mainly consists of three lithologic members: the lower member is a dark purple-red and purple-gray massive mudstone with dark purple micro-thin bedded argillaceous siltstone, and grey-yellow thick-bedded conglomeratic sandstone with horizontal bedding and low-angle oblique bedding developed. The middle member consists of purple-red thin-bedded quartz-fine sandstone and fine-medium grained feldspathic quartz sandstone, generally with large tabular oblique bedding, cross-bedding and parallel bedding. The upper member consists of purple-red and grey-yellow massive mudstone, silty mudstone and thin-bedded argillaceous siltstone, with parallel bedding and low-angle oblique bedding developed.[1]
Depositional environment
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The Luohe Formation represents an aeolian dune field with interspersed interdune deposits. Sandstone wedges were identified at three different outcrops, representing infilling of thermal contraction cracks. This periglacial scenario is analogous to that of the Qiongkuai Lebashi Lake area, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This Cretaceous plateau desert was estimated to be around 3-4 km paleoaltitude at a subtropical latitude.[2]
Likely deinonychosaurian and other small indeterminate theropod trackways have been identified in the Luohe Formation.[1]
- ^ a b Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Tang, Yongzhong; Klein, Hendrik; Scott Persons, W.; Wang, Miaoyan; Li, Xingwen; Wu, Hao (2021-03-01). “Unusual dinosaur trackway preservation as clues to paleo-landscape and behavior from the Lower Cretaceous Luohe Formation, Shaanxi Province, China”. Geoscience Frontiers. 12 (2): 737–745. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2020.09.014. ISSN 1674-9871.
- ^ RodrÃguez-López, Juan Pedro; Wu, Chihua; Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A.; Murton, Julian B.; Tang, Wenqiang; Ma, Chao (2022-12-26). “Permafrost in the Cretaceous supergreenhouse”. Nature Communications. 13 (1): 7946. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35676-6. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 9792593.
