Xinlong Formation

Xinlong Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous (?Aptian - Albian)
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Guangxi
Country China

The Xinlong Formation (sometimes called the "Napai Formation", or misspelt as "Napan Formation"[1]) is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Hühteeg Svita
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Asiatosaurus

A. kwangshiensis

Teeth, three cervical vertebrae and ribs

Indeterminate Sauropod

Datanglong[3]

D. guangxiensis

A member of Carcharodontosauria

Fusuisaurus[4]

F. zhaoi[4]

Partial pelvis and caudal vertebrae

A Titanosauriform

Liubangosaurus[5]

L. hei[5]

Fifth to ninth dorsal vertebrae

A Eusauropod

Prodeinodon

P. kwangshiensis

Several teeth, fragmentary tibia, fragmentary fibula.

Indeterminate Theropod
"Sinopliosaurus" "S". fusuiensis Four teeth Spinosaurid

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ MO, JINYOU; BUFFETAUT, ERIC; TONG, HAIYAN; AMIOT, ROMAIN; CAVIN, LIONEL; CUNY, GILLES; SUTEETHORN, VARAVUDH; SUTEETHORN, SURAVECH; JIANG, SHAN (2015-07-02). "Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (southern China): a review". Geological Magazine. 153 (01): 143–159. doi:10.1017/S0016756815000394. ISSN 0016-7568.
  2. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ↑ Mo, Zhou, Li, Huang and Cao, 2014. A new Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, Southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 88(4), 1051-1059.
  4. 1 2 Mo, J., Wang W.,Huang Z., Huang X., Xu X., 2006, "A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China", ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA, Vol.80 No.4 P.486-489
  5. 1 2 Mo Jinyou, Xu Xing and Eric Buffetaut (2010). "A New Eusauropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Guangxi Province, Southern China". Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition). 84 (6): 1328–1335. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00331.x.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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