Yuliangze Formation

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Yuliangze Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia

The Yuliangze Formation is a geological formation in Heilongjiang, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Tarbosaurus sp. (tyrannosaurid indet)
  • Ornithomimus sp. (ornithomimmosaur indet)
  • Charonosaurus jiayinensis - "Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements."[2]
  • Mandschurosaurus amurensis (hadrosaurid indet)
  • Sahaliyania elunchunorum
  • Wulagasaurus dongi

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.


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