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

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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.