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.
Paleobiota of the Tangshang Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic Position Material Notes Images "Chilantaisaurus" "C". zheziangensis Zhejiang"Second member of the Fangyan Formation" "Partial left tibia with pes." A therizinosauroid. Originally identified as a distinct species of Chilantaisaurus. Translated paper Yandangornis Y. longicaudus Aolicun "Nearly complete skeleton."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. An avialan. Zhejiangopterus Z. linhaiensis Aolicun "Skulls and skeletons of multiple specimens." An azhdarchid.
See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
References