The Chuanjie Formation (), is a geological formation in Yunnan, China. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 541–542. . It was formerly referred to as being the lower member of the "Upper Lufeng" as opposed to the underlying "Lower Lufeng" now referred to as the Lufeng Formation. Tracks of theropods and sauropods,Xing et al., 2014 as well as thyreophoransXing et al., 2019 are known from the formation.

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Dinosaurs

Sauropods Sauropods of the Chuanjie FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Analong A. chuanjieensis Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing Aalenian to Bajocian A mamenchisaurid sauropod ChuanjiesaurusFang, Pang, Lü, Zhang, Pan, Wang, Li, and Cheng. 2000. Lower, Middle and Upper Jurassic divisions of the Lufeng region of Yunnan Province. Pp. 208-214 in: Proceedings of the Third National Stratigraphical Conference of China. Geological Publishing House, Beijing."Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 261. C. anaensis Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing Aalenian to Bajocian "Partial postcranial skeleton". A mamenchisaurid sauropod

Theropods Theropods of the Chuanjie FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Shidaisaurus S. jinae Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing Aalenian "Partial postcranial skeleton". A metriacanthosaurine metriacanthosaurid

Turtles Turtles of the Chuanjie FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage XinjiangchelysTong et al., 2015 X. oshanensis Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing Aalenian to Bajocian A xinjiangchelyid turtle

Fish

Cartilaginous Fish Cartilaginous Fish of the Chuanjie FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Hybodus H. chuanjieensis Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing Aalenian to Bajocian A hybodontid hybodont H. xinzhuangensis

See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

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