Zhumapu Formation

Zhumapu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Overlies Zuoyun Formation
Location
Region Shanxi Province
Country  China

The Zhumapu Formation is an early Late Cretaceous geologic formation in Shanxi Province, China. The hadrosauroids Yunganglong and Zuoyunlong have been recovered from this unit.[1][2]

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References

  1. Wang, R. F.; You, H. L.; Xu, S. C.; Wang, S. Z.; Yi, J.; Xie, L. J.; Jia, L.; Li, Y. X. (2013). A New Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Early Late Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, China. PLoS ONE. 8 (10): e77058. PMC 3800054 . PMID 24204734. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077058.
  2. Run-Fu Wang, Hai-Lu You, Suo-Zhu Wang, Shi-Chao Xu, Jian Yi, Li-Juan Xie, Lei Jia and Hai Xing (2016). A second hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press. doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1118688.


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