The Xingezhuang Formation is an Upper Cretaceous fossil bearing rock formation in China. It is located near Zhucheng, in the province of Shandong.Zhao Xijin, Wang Kebai, & Li Dunjing. (2011). "Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens." Geological Bulletin of China 30 (11):1671-1688
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithischians Ornithischians of the Xingezhuang FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage ShantungosaurusHu, C. 1973. A new hadrosaur from the Cretaceous of Chucheng. Shantung. Acta Geol. Sinica 2: pp. 179-202. S. giganteus Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China Wangshi Series A fairly complete skeleton. A giant edmontosaurin saurolophine SinoceratopsS. zhuchengensis Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China Wangshi Series Partial skull, including the braincase. A centrosaurine ceratopsid Ischioceratops I. zhuchengensis Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China Wangshi Series Partially articulated specimen comprising the entire sacrum, a few ossified tendons, both halves of the pelvis, the anteriormost 15 caudal vertebrae in an articulated series, and the right femur, tibia, and fibula. A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian Zhuchengceratops Z. inexpectus Zhucheng, Shandon Province, China Wangshi Series Partial articulated skeleton including vertebrae, ribs, teeth, and parts of the skull and mandibles. A leptoceratopsid ceratopsian
Sauropods Sauropods of the Xingezhuang FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Zhuchengtitan Z. zangjiazhuangensis Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China Wangshi Series A single humerus. A saltasaurid titanosaur
Theropods Theropods of the Xingezhuang FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Zhuchengtyrannus Z. magnus Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China Wangshi Series A partial skull. A giant tyrannosaurin tyrannosaurine Anomalipes A. zhaoi Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China Wangshi Series An incomplete left hind limb, including a partial left femur, tibia, fibula, a complete metatarsal III, and two toe bones. A caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
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