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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

Dinosaurs

Hadrosaurs

Hadrosaurs reported from the Yuliangze Formation
Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Charonosaurus	C. jiayinensis	Jiayin	Upper	"Partial skull and partial, fragmentary postcranial elements."	A parasaurolophini hadrosaur.
Mandschurosaurus	M. amurensis			A poorly preserved and incomplete skeleton.	A hadrosaur of uncertain affinities.
Sahaliyania	S. elunchunorum	Wuluga	Upper	A partial skull along with the pectoral girdle, an upper arm, and a pelvis.	A lambeosaurine hadrosaur.
Saurolophus	S. krystofovici
Wulagasaurus	W. dongi	Wulaga	Upper	A right partial dentary.	A saurolophine hadrosaur.

Theropods

Theropods reported from the Yuliangze Formation
Taxon	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Tarbosaurus	T. bataar				A tyrannosaurid.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. 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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. "Table 20.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 441.

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