The Shanyang Formation () is a geological
formation in Shaanxi whose strata date back to the
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
[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. .]
Vertebrate paleofauna
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Shanyangosaurus niupanggouensis'' - "Partial sacrum, partial scapula, humeri, femur, tibia, metatarsals,
ndphalanges."
["Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.]
* ''
Qinlingosaurus luonanensis''
* ''
Shantungosaurus
''Shantungosaurus'' (meaning "''Shandong Lizard''") is a genus of very large saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur found in the Late Cretaceous Wangshi Group of the Shandong Peninsula in China, containing a single species, ''Shantungosaurus gigante ...
'' cf ''giganteus''
See also
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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
** ...
References
Geologic formations of China
Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
Cretaceous China
Paleontology in Shaanxi
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