Meng-Yin Formation
| Meng-Yin Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous[1] | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Country |
 China |
The Meng-Yin Formation (simplified Chinese: 蒙阴组; traditional Chinese: 蒙陰組; pinyin: Méngyīn Zǔ) is a geological formation in Shandong, China, whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous.[1]
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Indeterminate stegosaurid remains have been found in Shandong, China.[2]
| Vertebrates reported from the Meng-Yin Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
|
E. zdanskyi[2] |
Geographically located in Shandong, China.[2] |
"Skull and partial postcranial skeleton, additional fragmentary skeleton."[3] |
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See also
References
- 1 2 Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Upchurch, Paul (2009). "Redescription and reassessment of the phylogenetic affinities of Euhelopus zdanskyi (Dinosauria:Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7 (2): 199–239. doi:10.1017/S1477201908002691.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 550–552. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 262.
| Cretaceous Period | |
|---|---|
| Lower/Early Cretaceous | Upper/Late Cretaceous |
| Berriasian | Valanginian | Hauterivian Barremian| Aptian | Albian |
Cenomanian | Turonian | Coniacian Santonian |Campanian | Maastrichtian |
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