Earth:Yuliangze Formation
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| Yuliangze Formation Stratigraphic range: early-middle Maastrichtian ~72–66 Ma | |
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| 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
- Charonosaurus jiayinensis - "Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements."[2]
- Mandschurosaurus amurensis (Hadrosaurinae indet.)
- Sahaliyania elunchunorum (Hadrosauridae indet.)
- Tarbosaurus bataar
- Saurolophus krystofovici
- Wulagasaurus dongi
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ 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.
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