The Dalangshan Formation (), also referred to as the Dalangshan Group is a geological formation in the Sanshui District of Guangdong Province, China, the strata of which date back to the Late Cretaceous period.
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, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. .
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithischians Ornithischians of the Dalangshan FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Lambeosaurini Indet. Indeterminate Sanshui District, Guangdong Province, China Maastrichtian Partial skeleton. A lambeosaurin lambeosaurine
Theropods Theropods of the Dalangshan FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Heyuannia"Table 8.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 167 H. huangi Sanshui District, Guangdong Province, China Maastrichtian Partial skull and skeleton. A heyuannine oviraptorid Tyrannosauroidea Indet. Indeterminate Sanshui District, Guangdong Province, China Maastrichtian Dental remains. A large tyrannosauroid theropod
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations Nanxiong Formation
References