Xingezhuang Formation

The Xingezhuang Formation is an Upper Cretaceous fossil bearing rock formation in China. It is located near Zhucheng, in the province of Shandong.[1]

Xingezhuang Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous,
TypeGeological Formation
Unit ofWangshi Group
Location
RegionAsia
Country China

Dinosaur finds

Ceratopsians
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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
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Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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Sinoceratops S. zhuchengensis N/A N/A Partial skull, including the braincase. First ceratopsid dinosaur discovered outside of North America.
Sinoceratops
Zhuchengceratops Z. inexpectus N/A N/A Partial articulated skeleton including vertebrae, ribs, teeth, and parts of the skull and mandibles.
Zhuchengceratops
Ischioceratops I. zhuchengensis N/A N/A 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.
Ischioceratops

Ornithopods
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Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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Shantungosaurus

S. giganteus

N/A

N/A

A fairly complete skeleton.

An edmontosaurin saurolophine hadrosaur that is among the largest ornithischians ever to exist, measuring 14.7 meters (48 ft) to 16.6 meters (54 ft) in length. A large hole near its nostrils may have been covered by a loose flap, which could be inflated to make sounds.

Sauropods
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Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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Zhuchengtitan

Z. zangjiazhuangensis

Shandong, China

Wangshi Series

A single humurus

A saltasaurid sauropod

Theropods
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Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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Zhuchengtyrannus[2]

Z. magnus

Shandong, China

Wangshi Series

A partial skull

A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid about the size of Tarbosaurus. Zhuchengtyrannus can be distinguished from all other tyrannosaurines by a single autapomorphy, the presence of a horizontal shelf on the lateral surface of the base of the ascending process of the maxilla, and a rounded notch in the anterior margin of the maxillary fenestra. Zhuchengtyrannus also possesses a ventral margin of the antorbital fenestra that lies well above that of the ventral rim of the antorbital fossa. Additionally, the total length of the maxillary fenestra is more than half the distance between the anterior margins of the antorbital fossa and fenestra. Unlike the contemporaneous Tarbosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus lacks a subcutaneous flange on the posterodorsal part of the jugal ramus of the maxilla, and a ventrally convex palatal shelf that covers the bulges of the roots of the rear teeth in medial view.
Zhuchengtyrannus
Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis T. zhuchengensis N/A N/A Synonym of Zhuchengtyrannus.
Anomalipes

A. zhaoi

Wangshi Series

An incomplete left hind-limb, including a partial left thigh, shin and shank, a complete metatarsal III and two toe bones

A Caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian.

Thyreophorans
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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
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Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
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Sinankylosaurus S. zhuchengensis Wangshi Series An ilium
Ankylosauria ident.

Reptilia
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Crocodylia ident.
Testudinata ident.

See also

References
  1. Zhao Xijin, Wang Kebai, & Li Dunjing. (2011). "Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens." Geological Bulletin of China 30 (11):1671-1688
  2. Mortimer, M. "Tyrannosauridae". Theropod Database. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013.


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