Yuliangze Formation
Appearance
Yuliangze Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: early-middle Maastrichtian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Taipinglinchang Formation |
Location | |
Region | Asia |
The Yuliangze Formation, or Yuliangzi Formation, is a geological formation in Heilongjiang, China whose strata date back to the early-middle Maastrichtian. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
[edit]Dinosaurs
[edit]Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Hadrosaurs
[edit]Hadrosaurs reported from the Yuliangze Formation | ||||||
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Taxon | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Charonosaurus | C. jiayinensis | Jiayin | Upper | "Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements."[2] | A parasaurolophini hadrosaur. | |
Mandschurosaurus | M. amurensis | A poorly preserved and incomplete skeleton. | A hadrosaur of uncertain affinities. | |||
Sahaliyania | S. elunchunorum | Wuluga | Upper | A partial skull along with the pectoral girdle, an upper arm, and a pelvis. | A lambeosaurine hadrosaur. | |
Saurolophus | S. krystofovici | |||||
Wulagasaurus | W. dongi | Wulaga | Upper | A right partial dentary. | A saurolophine hadrosaur. |
Theropods
[edit]Theropods reported from the Yuliangze Formation | ||||||
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Taxon | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Tarbosaurus | T. bataar | A tyrannosaurid. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.