Lianmuqin Formation

The Lianmuqin Formation[1] is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation composed of "interbedded red green and yellow variegated mudstones and siltstones".[2][3] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.[4]

Lianmuqin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Albian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofTugulu Group
UnderliesDonggou & Kumutake Formations
OverliesShengjinkou Formation
Thickness213–360 m (699–1,181 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone, Siltstone
Location
RegionXinjiang
Country China

The formation is named after Lianmuqin Town in Shanshan County, Xinjiang.

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 Tugulu Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Asiatosaurus[5]

A. mongoliensis[5]
Wuerhosaurus

Kelmayisaurus[5][6]

K. petrolicus[5]

"Maxilla and dentary."[7]

Xinjiangovenator

X. parvus

"Tibia [and] phalanges."[8]

Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.[5]

Phaedrolosaurus

P. ilikensis

"tooth"[9]

Psittacosaurus[5]

P. xinjiangensis[5]

Tugulusaurus[5]

T. faciles[5]

"Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[10]

Wuerhosaurus[5]

W. homheni[5]

"Partial skeleton."[11]

Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Dsungaripterus

D. weii[12]
Dsungaripterus and Noripterus

Lonchognathosaurus

L. acutirostris[13]

Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[14]

Noripterus

N. complicidens[13]

Crurotarsans
Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Edentosuchus

E. tienshanensis[15]

See also

References
  1. "Re: Kelmayisaurus a carcharodontosaurid". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  2. Lucas, Spencer G, Chinese Fossil vertebrates, Pp. 158-159, New York, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08483-8.
  3. Lucas, S.G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780231084833. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  4. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. " Pp. 517-607.
  5. "48.5 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 1. Tugulu Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 567.
  6. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100125_acc.pdf
  7. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
  8. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
  9. Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
  10. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
  11. "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
  12. "Re: The timing of stegosaur extinction". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  13. Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.
  14. Andres, B.; Clark, J. M.; Xing, X. (2010). "A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of basal pterosaurs" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (1): 163–187. doi:10.1080/02724630903409220.
  15. Jinling Li (July 1985). "A revision of Edentosuchus tienshanensis young from the Tugulu Group of Xinjiang Autonomous Region" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 23 (3): 196–206. Retrieved 2015-01-05.


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