Yuliangze Formation

Yuliangze Formation
Stratigraphic range: early-middle Maastrichtian
~72–66 Ma
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TypeGeological formation
UnderliesTaipinglinchang Formation
Location
RegionAsia

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

Dinosaurs

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Hadrosaurs

Hadrosaurs reported from the Yuliangze Formation
Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Charonosaurus C. jiayinensis Jiayin Upper "Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements."[2] A parasaurolophini hadrosaur.
Charonosaurus
Sahaliyania
Wulagasaurus
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

Theropods reported from the Yuliangze Formation
Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Tarbosaurus T. bataar A tyrannosaurid.
Tarbosaurus

See also

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.


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