High-precision geochronological constraints on the duration of ‘Dinosaur Pompeii’ and the Yixian Formation
Yuting Zhong, Magdalena H. Huyskens, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Yaqiong Wang, Qiang Ma, Yi‐Gang Xu
Abstract
High-precision U-Pb zircon ages of 125.755 ± 0.061 Ma and 124.122 ± 0.048 Ma, respectively, represent the onset and termination of Yixian Formation in the Jin-Yang basin, bracketing its duration to 1.633 ± 0.078 Myr.
Topics & Concepts
Yixian FormationZirconBracketing (phenomenology)Duration (music)GeologyPaleontologyStructural basinArchaeologyArtGeographyPhilosophyLiteratureMesozoicEpistemologyGeological and Geochemical AnalysisPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils