Zhumapu Formation
| Zhumapu Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Overlies | Zuoyun Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°00′N 112°42′E / 40.0°N 112.7°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 42°24′N 104°06′E / 42.4°N 104.1°E |
| Region | Shanxi Province |
| Country |  China |
  Zhumapu Formation (China)  Zhumapu Formation (Shanxi) | |
The Zhumapu Formation is an early Late Cretaceous (estimated Cenomanian)[1] geologic formation in Shanxi Province, China. The hadrosauroids Yunganglong and Zuoyunlong[2][3] and the informally named ankylosaur "Jindipelta"[4] have been recovered from this unit.
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[edit]- Lei et al. (2019) NEW DISCOVERY OF ANKYLOSAUR FOSSILS FROM SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA (IN PRESS).
- Wang, Run-Fu; You, Hai-Lu; Wang, Suo-Zhu; Xu, Shi-Chao; Yi, Jian; Xie, Li-Juan; Jia, Lei; Xing, Hai (2015), "A second hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China", Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology, 29: 1–8, doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1118688, retrieved 2020-06-04
- Wang, R.F.; You, H.L.; Xu, S.C.; Wang, S.Z.; Yi, J.; Xie, L.J.; Jia, L.; Li, Y.X. (2013), "A New Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Early Late Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, China", PLoS ONE, 8 (10): e77058, Bibcode:2013PLoSO...877058W, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077058, PMC 3800054, PMID 24204734