The Yuliangze Formation, or Yuliangzi Formation, is a geological formation in Heilongjiang, China, whose strata date back to the early-late Maastrichtian. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.), The Dinosauria, 2nd ed.. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 593–600.
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithischians
Hadrosaurs Hadrosaurs reported from the Yuliangze Formation Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Charonosaurus C. jiayinensis Jiayin Upper "Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements"."Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441. A parasaurolophin lambeosaurine Mandschurosaurus M. amurensis Jiayin Upper A poorly preserved and incomplete skeleton. A hadrosaurid hadrosaur of uncertain affinities. Sahaliyania S. elunchunorum Wuluga Upper A partial skull along with the pectoral girdle, an upper arm, and a pelvis. A lambeosaurin lambeosaurine; junior synonymous with Amurosaurus riabinini. Saurolophus S. kryschtofovici Jiayin A holotype specimen. Dubious or synonymous with S. angustirostris. Wulagasaurus W. dongi Wulaga Upper A right partial dentary. A brachylophosaurin saurolophine
Theropods Theropods reported from the Yuliangze Formation Taxon Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Tyrannosauridae indet. Indeterminate Ornithomimosauria indet. Indeterminate Troodontidae Indet. Indeterminate
See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References