Yuliangze Formation

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Yuliangze Formation
Stratigraphic range: early-middle Maastrichtian
~72–66  Ma
Type Geological formation
Underlies Taipinglinchang Formation
Location
Coordinates 48°54′N130°12′E / 48.9°N 130.2°E / 48.9; 130.2
Approximate paleocoordinates 48°00′N117°54′E / 48.0°N 117.9°E / 48.0; 117.9
Region Heilongjiang
CountryFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
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Yuliangze Formation (China)
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Yuliangze Formation (Henan)

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.
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Charonosaurus
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Sahaliyania
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Wulagasaurus
Mandschurosaurus M. amurensisJiayinUpperA 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. kryschtofoviciJiayinA holotype specimenDubious or synonymous with S. angustirostris
Wulagasaurus W. dongiWulagaUpperA right partial dentary.A saurolophine hadrosaur.

Theropods

Theropods reported from the Yuliangze Formation
TaxonSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Tyrannosauridae indet.Indeterminate
Ornithomimosauria indet.Indeterminate
Troodontidae Indet.Indeterminate

See also

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.