Yuliangze Formation Explained

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]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

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.
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.

Theropods

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

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, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. .
2. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.