 It was not until 1985 that the government finally agreed to close the construction on the site, and by then Dong and his team had already excavated over 100 dinosaurs from the area, including several rare sauropod skulls.A dinosaur found in the Shaximiao Formation, "Dashanpusaurus dongi", was named in tribute of both Dashanpu and Dong Zhiming.In addition to dinosaur finds, many other prehistoric finds have been uncovered from the Shaximiao Formation.