Yuliangze Formation

Yuliangze Formation
Yuliangze Formation
Stratigraphic range: early-late Maastrichtian; ~72–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Taipinglinchang Formation
Location
Coordinates	48°54′N 130°12′E / 48.9°N 130.2°E / 48.9; 130.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	48°00′N 117°54′E / 48.0°N 117.9°E / 48.0; 117.9
Region	Heilongjiang
Country	China
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Geological formation in Heilongjiang, China

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.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

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."^[2]	A parasaurolophini hadrosaur.	Charonosaurus
Mandschurosaurus	M. amurensis	Jiayin	Upper	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.	Sahaliyania
Saurolophus	S. kryschtofovici	Jiayin		A holotype specimen	Dubious or synonymous with S. angustirostris
Wulagasaurus	W. dongi	Wulaga	Upper	A right partial dentary.	A saurolophine hadrosaur.	Wulagasaurus

Theropods

Theropods reported from the Yuliangze Formation
Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Tyrannosauridae indet.	Indeterminate
Ornithomimosauria indet.	Indeterminate
Troodontidae Indet.	Indeterminate

References

^ 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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
^ "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.

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[cretaceousdistribution-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 ed.. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 593–600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

[table-20-1-441-2] "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.