Xingezhuang Formation


The Xingezhuang Formation is an Upper Cretaceous fossil bearing rock formation in China. It is located near Zhucheng, in the province of Shandong.

Dinosaur finds

Ceratopsians

GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialImages
SinoceratopsS. zhuchengensisN/AN/APartial skull, including the braincase.
ZhuchengceratopsZ. inexpectusN/AN/APartial articulated skeleton including vertebrae, ribs, teeth, and parts of the skull and mandibles.
IschioceratopsI. zhuchengensisN/AN/APartially articulated specimen comprising the entire sacrum, a few ossified tendons, both halves of the pelvis, the anteriormost 15 caudal vertebrae in an articulated series, and the right femur, tibia and fibula.''

Ornithopods

GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialNotesImages

Shantungosaurus
S. giganteus
N/A
N/A
A fairly complete skeleton.
An edmontosaurin saurolophine hadrosaur that is among the largest ornithischians ever to exist, measuring 14.7 meters to 16.6 meters in length. A large hole near its nostrils may have been covered by a loose flap, which could be inflated to make sounds.		-

Sauropods

GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialNotesImages

Zhuchengtitan
Z. zangjiazhuangensis
Shandong, China
Wangshi Series
A singke humurus
A saltosaurid sauropod

Theropods

GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialNotesImages

Zhuchengtyrannus
Z. magnus
Shandong, China
Wangshi Series
A partial skull
A tyrannosaurine tyrannosaurid estimated to have been 10–12 m in length and up to 6 short tons in weight. Zhuchengtyrannus can be distinguished from all other tyrannosaurines by a single autapomorphy, the presence of a horizontal shelf on the lateral surface of the base of the ascending process of the maxilla, and a rounded notch in the anterior margin of the maxillary fenestra. Zhuchengtyrannus also possesses a ventral margin of the antorbital fenestra that lies well above that of the ventral rim of the antorbital fossa. Additionally, the total length of the maxillary fenestra is more than half the distance between the anterior margins of the antorbital fossa and fenestra. Unlike the contemporaneous Tarbosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus lacks a subcutaneous flange on the posterodorsal part of the jugal ramus of the maxilla, and a ventrally convex palatal shelf that covers the bulges of the roots of the rear teeth in medial view.
Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensisT. zhuchengensisN/AN/ASynonym of Zhuchengtyrannus.
Anomalipes
A. zhaoi''
Wangshi Series
An incomplete left hind-limb, including a partial left thigh, shin and shank, a complete metatarsal III and two toe bones
A Caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian.

Thyreophorans

GenusSpeciesLocationMemberMaterialNotesImages
Ankylosauria ident.

Reptilia