Meng-Yin Formation

Meng-Yin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous[1]
Type Geological formation
Location
Country  China

The Meng-Yin Formation (simplified Chinese: 蒙阴组; traditional Chinese: 蒙陰組; pinyin: Méngyīn Zǔ) is a geological formation in Shandong, China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous.[1]

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate stegosaurid remains have been found in Shandong, China.[2]

Vertebrates reported from the Meng-Yin Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Euhelopus[2]

E. zdanskyi[2]

Geographically located in Shandong, China.[2]

"Skull and partial postcranial skeleton, additional fragmentary skeleton."[3]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b Wilson, Jeffrey A.; and Upchurch, Paul (2009). "Redescription and reassessment of the phylogenetic affinities of Euhelopus zdanskyi (Dinosauria:Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7 (2): 199–239. doi:10.1017/S1477201908002691. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 550–552. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  3. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 262.