Yuliangze Formation

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Yuliangze Formation
Stratigraphic range: early-middle Maastrichtian
~72–66  Ma
Type Geological formation
UnderliesTaipinglinchang 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]

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Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxonTaxon falsely reported as presentDubious 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
TaxonSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Charonosaurus C. jiayinensisJiayinUpper"Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements." [2] A parasaurolophini hadrosaur.
Charonosaurus Charonosaurus-v3.jpg
Charonosaurus
Sahaliyania Sahaliyania restoration.jpg
Sahaliyania
Wulagasaurus Wulagasaurus dongi.png
Wulagasaurus
Mandschurosaurus M. amurensisA poorly preserved and incomplete skeleton.A hadrosaur of uncertain affinities.
Sahaliyania S. elunchunorumWulugaUpperA partial skull along with the pectoral girdle, an upper arm, and a pelvis.A lambeosaurine hadrosaur.
Saurolophus S. krystofovici
Wulagasaurus W. dongiWulagaUpperA right partial dentary.A saurolophine hadrosaur.

Theropods

Theropods reported from the Yuliangze Formation
TaxonSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Tarbosaurus T. bataarA tyrannosaurid.
Tarbosaurus Tarbosaurus Restoration.png
Tarbosaurus

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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.