Yuliangze Formation | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Age: | early-middle Maastrichtian ~ |
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]
Hadrosaurs reported from the Yuliangze Formation | ||||||
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Taxon | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Charonosaurus | C. jiayinensis | Jiayin | Upper | "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. | |||
Sahaliyania | S. elunchunorum | Wuluga | Upper | A partial skull along with the pectoral girdle, an upper arm, and a pelvis. | A lambeosaurine hadrosaur. | |
Saurolophus | S. krystofovici | |||||
Wulagasaurus | W. dongi | Wulaga | Upper | A right partial dentary. | A saurolophine hadrosaur. | |