Yuanpu Formation
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The Yuanpu Formation is a geological formation in Guangdong, China whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
- TarbosaurusTarbosaurusTarbosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that flourished in Asia about 70 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils have been recovered in Mongolia, with more fragmentary remains found further afield in parts of China. Although many species have been...
bataar - NanshiungosaurusNanshiungosaurusNanshiungosaurus is a genus of therizinosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of China.Two species have been named in the genus: the type species Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus and Nanshiungosaurus bohlini.-Discovery and naming:...
brevispinus - "Vertebral column [and] pelvis." - MicrohadrosaurusMicrohadrosaurusMicrohadrosaurus is a genus of duckbill dinosaur from the Campanian or Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous Yuanpu Formation of Guangdong, China...
nanshiungensis (hadrosaurinae)