Xingezhuang Formation

Xingezhuang Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, 77.3–73.5  Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological Formation
Unit of	Wangshi Group
Location
Region	Asia
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]

Dinosaur finds

Ceratopsians

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.

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Sinoceratops	S. zhuchengensis			Partial skull, including the braincase	The first ceratopsid dinosaur discovered outside of North America
Zhuchengceratops	Z. inexpectus			Partial articulated skeleton including vertebrae, ribs, teeth, and parts of the skull and mandibles
Ischioceratops	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

Ornithopods

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.

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Shantungosaurus	S. giganteus			A fairly complete skeleton.	An edmontosaurin hadrosaurid that is among the largest ornithischians known

Sauropods

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.

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Zhuchengtitan	Z. zangjiazhuangensis	Shandong, China	Wangshi Series	A single humerus	A saltasaurid sauropod

Theropods

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.

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Zhuchengtyrannus [3]	Z. magnus	Shandong, China	Wangshi Series	A partial skull	A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid about the size of Tarbosaurus	Zhuchengtyrannus
Anomalipes	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

1. An, W.; Kuang, H.-W.; Liu, Y.-Q.; Peng, N.; Xu, K.-M.; Xu, H.; Zhang, P.; Wang, K.-B.; Chen, S.-Q.; Zhang, Y.-X. (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 .
2. Zhao Xijin, Wang Kebai, & Li Dunjing. (2011). "Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens." Geological Bulletin of China30 (11):1671-1688
3. Mortimer, M. "Tyrannosauridae". Theropod Database. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013.