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Yuliangze Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Region
  
Asia

Underlies
  
Taipinglinchang Formation

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.

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Tarbosaurus sp. (tyrannosaurid indet)
  • Ornithomimus sp. (ornithomimmosaur indet)
  • Charonosaurus jiayinensis - "Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements."
  • Mandschurosaurus amurensis (hadrosaurid indet)
  • Sahaliyania elunchunorum
  • Wulagasaurus dongi

    • References

    Yuliangze Formation Wikipedia
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