Tangshang Formation
Geologic formation in China
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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]
CountryChina
| Tangshang Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
Paleobiota of the Tangshang Formation
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| 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. |  | |
