Tangshang Formation

Tangshang Formation
Stratigraphic range:
~92.9–81.5 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Location
CountryChina

The Tangshang Formation is a Late Cretaceous Mesozoic geologic formation in China. Dinosaur and pterosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. The formation has been dated around 92.9 million to 81.5 million years ago.[1]

Paleobiota of the Tangshang Formation

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic Position Material Notes Images
"Chilantaisaurus" "C". zheziangensis Zhejiang "Second member of the Fangyan Formation" "Partial left tibia with pes."[2] A therizinosauroid. Originally identified as a distinct species of Chilantaisaurus.[3][2]
Yandangornis Y. longicaudus Aolicun "Nearly complete skeleton."[4] An avialan.
Zhejiangopterus Z. linhaiensis Aolicun "Skulls and skeletons of multiple specimens."[5] An azhdarchid.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lu, C. Z.; Gu, M. G.; Yu, Y. W.; Liang, H. (2006). "Age of the Tangshang Formation in Different Basins of Eastern Zhejiang". Journal of Stratigraphy. 30 (1): 81−86.
  2. ^ a b Qian, M.-P.; Zhang, Z.-Y.; Jiang, Y.; Jiang, Y.-G.; Zhang, Y.-J.; Chen, R.; Xing, G.-F. (2012). "浙江白垩纪镰刀龙类恐龙" [Cretaceous therizinosaurs in Zhejiang of eastern China]. Journal of Geology (in Chinese). 36 (4): 337−348.
  3. ^ Dong, Z. (1979). "Cretaceous dinosaur fossils in southern China" [Cretaceous dinosaurs of the Huanan (south China)]. In Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology; Nanjing Institute of Paleontology (eds.). Mesozoic and Cenozoic Redbeds in Southern China (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press. pp. 342–350. Translated paper
  4. ^ Cai, Z.; Zhao, L. (1999). "A long tailed bird from the Late Cretaceous of Zhejiang". Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences Vol. 42, No. 4, 1999 pp.434-441.
  5. ^ Cai, Z.; Wei, F. (1994). "On a new pterosaur (Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Upper Cretaceous in Linhai, Zhejiang, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 32: 181–194.


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