Xiagou Formation

The Xiagou Formation is the middle strata of the Xinminbao Group. It is named for its type site in , in the of Gansu Province, northwestern China and is considered Early Cretaceous in age. It is known outside the specialized world of Chinese geology as the site of a Lagerstätte in which the fossils were preserved of Gansus yumenensis, the earliest true modern bird.

Xiagou Formation

The Xiagou Formation is the middle strata of the Xinminbao Group. It is named for its type site in , in the of Gansu Province, northwestern China and is considered Early Cretaceous in age. It is known outside the specialized world of Chinese geology as the site of a Lagerstätte in which the fossils were preserved of Gansus yumenensis, the earliest true modern bird.