Xingezhuang Formation
| Xingezhuang Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, | |
| Type | Geological Formation |
| Unit of | Wangshi Group |
| Location | |
| Region | Asia |
| Country | China |
The Xingezhuang Formation is an Upper Cretaceous fossil bearing rock formation in China. It is located near Zhucheng, in the province of Shandong.[2]
Dinosaur finds
Ceratopsians
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinoceratops | S. zhuchengensis | Partial skull, including the braincase | The first ceratopsid dinosaur discovered outside of North America | |||
| Zhuchengceratops | Z. inexpectus | Partial articulated skeleton including vertebrae, ribs, teeth, and parts of the skull and mandibles | ||||
| Ischioceratops | I. zhuchengensis | 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 |
Ornithopods
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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S. giganteus |
A fairly complete skeleton. |
An edmontosaurin hadrosaurid that is among the largest ornithischians known |
Sauropods
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
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Z. zangjiazhuangensis |
Shandong, China |
Wangshi Series |
A single humerus |
A saltasaurid sauropod |
Theropods
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
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Z. magnus |
Shandong, China |
Wangshi Series |
A partial skull |
A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid about the size of Tarbosaurus |
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| Anomalipes |
A. zhaoi |
Wangshi Series |
An incomplete left hind limb, including a partial left femur, tibia, fibula, a complete metatarsal III, and two toe bones |
See also
References
- ^ An, W.; Kuang, H.-W.; Liu, Y.-Q.; Peng, N.; Xu, K.-M.; Xu, H.; Zhang, P.; Wang, K.-B.; Chen, S.-Q.; Zhang, Y.-X. (2016). "Detrital zircon dating and tracing the provenance of dinosaur bone beds from the Late Cretaceous Wangshi Group in Zhucheng, Shandong, East China". Journal of Palaeogeography. 5 (1): 72–99. doi:10.1016/j.jop.2015.11.002.
- ^ Zhao Xijin, Wang Kebai, & Li Dunjing. (2011). "Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens." Geological Bulletin of China 30 (11):1671-1688
- ^ Mortimer, M. "Tyrannosauridae". Theropod Database. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013.