Earth:Xingezhuang Formation
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| Xingezhuang Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, 77.3–73.5 Ma[1] | |
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| Type | Geological Formation |
| Unit of | Wangshi Group |
| Location | |
| Region | Zhucheng, Shandong Province |
| Country | China |
The Xingezhuang Formation is an Upper Cretaceous fossil bearing rock formation in China. It is located near Zhucheng, in the province of Shandong.[2]
Fossil content
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
Ornithischians
| Ornithischians of the Xingezhuang Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Shantungosaurus[3] | S. giganteus | A fairly complete skeleton. | A giant edmontosaurin saurolophine |  | ||
| Sinoceratops[4] | S. zhuchengensis | Partial skull, including the braincase | A centroaurine ceratopsid | frameless | ||
| Ischioceratops[5] | I. zhuchengensis | Partially articulated specimen comprising the entire sacrum, a few ossified tendons, both halves of the pelvis, the anteriormost 15 caudal vertebrae in an articulated series, and the right femur, tibia, and fibula | A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian | frameless | ||
| Zhuchengceratops[6] | Z. inexpectus | Partial articulated skeleton including vertebrae, ribs, teeth, and parts of the skull and mandibles | A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian | frameless | ||
Sauropods
| Sauropods of the Xingezhuang Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Zhuchengtitan[7] | Z. zangjiazhuangensis | Shandong, China | Wangshi Series | A single humerus | A opisthocoelicaudiine saltasaurid; closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii | |
Theropods
| Theropods of the Xingezhuang Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Zhuchengtyrannus[8] | Z. magnus | Shandong, China | Wangshi Series | A partial skull | A giant tyrannosaurin tyrannosaurine; closely related to Tarbosaurus bataar. |  |
| Anomalipes[9] | A. zhaoi | Wangshi Series | An incomplete left hind limb, including a partial left femur, tibia, fibula, a complete metatarsal III, and two toe bones | A caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian | ||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ An, W.; Kuang, H.-W.; Liu, Y.-Q.; Peng, N.; Xu, K.-M.; Xu, H.; Zhang, P.; Wang, K.-B. et al. (2016). "Detrital zircon dating and tracing the provenance of dinosaur bone beds from the Late Cretaceous Wangshi Group in Zhucheng, Shandong, East China". Journal of Palaeogeography 5 (1): 72–99. doi:10.1016/j.jop.2015.11.002.
- ↑ Zhao Xijin, Wang Kebai, & Li Dunjing. (2011). "Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens." Geological Bulletin of China 30 (11):1671-1688
- ↑ Hu, C. 1973. A new hadrosaur from the Cretaceous of Chucheng. Shantung. Acta Geol. Sinica 2: pp. 179-202.
- ↑ Xu, X.; Wang, K.; Zhao, X.; Li, D. (2010). "First ceratopsid dinosaur from China and its biogeographical implications". Chinese Science Bulletin 55 (16): 1631–1635. doi:10.1007/s11434-009-3614-5. Bibcode: 2010ChSBu..55.1631X.
- ↑ Yiming He; Peter J. Makovicky; Kebai Wang; Shuqing Chen; Corwin Sullivan; Fenglu Han; Xing Xu (2015). "A new leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a unique ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China". PLOS ONE 10 (12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144148. PMID 26701114. Bibcode: 2015PLoSO..1044148H.
- ↑ Xing Xu; Kebai Wang; Xijin Zhao; Corwin Sullivan; Shuqing Chen (2010). Farke, Andrew Allen. ed. "A New Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China and Its Implications for Neoceratopsian Evolution". PLOS ONE 5 (11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013835. PMID 21079798. Bibcode: 2010PLoSO...513835X.
- ↑ Jinyou Mo; Kebai Wang; Shuqing Chen; Peiye Wang; Xing Xu (2017). "A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous strata of Shan-dong Province". Geological Bulletin of China 36 (9): 1501–1505. http://dzhtb.cgs.cn/gbc/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=20170901&flag=1.
- ↑ David W. E. Hone; Kebai Wang; Corwin Sullivan; Xijin Zhao; Shuqing Chen; Dunjin Li; Shuan Ji; Qiang Ji et al. (2011). "A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China". Cretaceous Research 32 (4): 495–503. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005. Bibcode: 2011CrRes..32..495H.
- ↑ Yilun Yu; Kebai Wang; Shuqing Chen; Corwin Sullivan; Shuo Wang; Peiye Wang; Xing Xu (2018). "A new caenagnathid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China, with comments on size variation among oviraptorosaurs". Scientific Reports 8 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23252-2. PMID 29567954. Bibcode: 2018NatSR...8.5030Y.
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