Yuliangze Formation Explained

Yuliangze Formation
Type:Geological formation
Age:early-middle Maastrichtian
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Region:Asia
Underlies:Taipinglinchang Formation
Period:Maastrichtian

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]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Hadrosaurs

Hadrosaurs reported from the Yuliangze Formation
TaxonSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
CharonosaurusC. jiayinensis JiayinUpper"Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements."[2] A parasaurolophini hadrosaur.
Mandschurosaurus M. amurensis A poorly preserved and incomplete skeleton.A hadrosaur of uncertain affinities.
SahaliyaniaS. elunchunorum WulugaUpperA partial skull along with the pectoral girdle, an upper arm, and a pelvis.A lambeosaurine hadrosaur.
SaurolophusS. krystofovici
WulagasaurusW. dongiWulagaUpperA right partial dentary.A saurolophine hadrosaur.

Theropods

See also

Notes and 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. .
  2. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.