Wucaiwan Formation
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The Wucaiwan Formation is a geological formation in Asia. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic
Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from 176-161 million years ago. In European lithostratigraphy, rocks of this Middle Jurassic age are called the Dogger....

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Vertebrate fauna

Indeterminate ankylosaur remains geographically located in Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

 Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Indeterminate stegosaur remains geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Indeterminate ornithopod remains geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
Dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s reported from the Wucaiwan Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Bellusaurus
Bellusaurus
Bellusaurus was a small short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic which measured about long...


B. sui.

Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

"[Seventeen] partial skeletons, juvenile."


Klamelisaurus
Klamelisaurus
Klamelisaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. It was a sauropod similar to Bellusaurus, of which it may actually be an adult specimen. It was found in the Gobi desert of Asia.The type species, K...


K. gobiensis.

Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

"Partial postcranial skeleton."

Monolophosaurus
Monolophosaurus
Monolophosaurus was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of the Shishugou Formation in what is now Xinjiang, China. It was named for the single crest on top of its skull. The type and only known individual is estimated at...


M. jiangi.

Geographically located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

"Complete skull, postcranium missing limbs."
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