Zhumapu Formation

The Zhumapu Formation is an early Late Cretaceous (estimated Cenomanian)^[1] geologic formation in Shanxi Province, China. The hadrosauroids Yunganglong and Zuoyunlong^[2][3] and the informally named ankylosaur "Jindipelta"^[4] have been recovered from this unit.

Zhumapu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian ~99–93 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Zuoyun Formation
Location
Coordinates	40.0°N 112.7°E / 40.0; 112.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	42.4°N 104.1°E / 42.4; 104.1
Region	Shanxi Province
Country	China
Zhumapu Formation (China) Show map of China Zhumapu Formation (Shanxi) Show map of Shanxi

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• Sunjiawan Formation

References

1. Wang et al., 2015, p.3
2. Wang et al., 2013, p.4
3. Wang et al., 2015, p.2
4. Lei et al., 2019, in press

Bibliography

• Lei et al. (2019) NEW DISCOVERY OF ANKYLOSAUR FOSSILS FROM SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA (IN PRESS).
• Wang, Run-Fu; You, Hai-Lu; Wang, Suo-Zhu; Xu, Shi-Chao; Yi, Jian; Xie, Li-Juan; Jia, Lei; Xing, Hai (2015), "A second hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China", Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology, 29: 1–8, doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1118688, retrieved 2020-06-04
• 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, Bibcode:2013PLoSO...877058W, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077058, PMC 3800054, PMID 24204734