The Xingezhuang Formation is an
Upper 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 ''cret ...
fossil bearing rock formation in
China
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. It is located near
Zhucheng
Zhucheng () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Weifang city and had at the 2010 census a population of 1,086,222 even though its built-up (''or metro'') area ...
, in the
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Shandong
Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
.
[Zhao Xijin, Wang Kebai, & Li Dunjing. (2011). "''Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens''." ''Geological Bulletin of China'' 30 (11):1671-1688]
Dinosaur finds
Ceratopsians
Ornithopods
Sauropods
Theropods
Thyreophorans
Reptilia
See also
*
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
Maastrichtian Stage
Lagerstätten
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Asia
Paleontology in Shandong
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