MESOZOIC SALAMANDER FOSSIL-BEARING STRATA IN RESHUITANG AREA NEAR LINGYUAN,WESTERN LIAONING

摘要: New salamander fossil bearing beds were found from a suite of acid intermediate and volcanic rocks in Reshuitang area near Lingyuan,Western Liaoning Province.The are inferred as to Bed.The fossils similar those Chunerpeton the Haifanggou Formation exposed at Daohugou,Ningcheng County,Inner Mongolia.The plant assemblage shows their feature situated between Middle Jurassic Early Cretaceous Yixian Formations.Its age refers late stage Jurassic.Therefore,the Bed,together with overlying underlying rocks,is included into Tiaoqishan Formation.