Tugulu Group

The Tugulu Group (simplified Chinese: 吐谷鲁群; traditional Chinese: 吐谷魯群; pinyin: Tǔgǔlǔ Qún) is a geological Group in Xinjiang, China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1][2][3]

Tugulu Group
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsQingshuihe, Hutubihe, Shengjinkou & Lianmuqin Formations
UnderliesDonggou & Kumutake Formations
OverliesKalaza Formation
Thickness150–1,640 m (490–5,380 ft)
Location
RegionXinjiang
Country China
ExtentJunggar Basin

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[4]

A. mongoliensis[4]
Wuerhosaurus
Xiyunykus

Kelmayisaurus[4][5]

K. petrolicus[4]

"Maxilla and dentary."[6]

Xinjiangovenator

X. parvus

"Tibia [and] phalanges."[7]

Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.[4]

Phaedrolosaurus

P. ilikensis

"tooth"[8]

Psittacosaurus[4]

P. xinjiangensis[4]

Tugulusaurus[4]

T. faciles[4]

"Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[9]

Xiyunykus

X. pengi

"Partial skeleton"[10]

Wuerhosaurus[4]

W. homheni[4]

"Partial skeleton."[11]

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

Dsungaripterus

D. weii[12]
Dsungaripterus(top) and Noripterus (bottom)

Lonchognathosaurus

L. acutirostris[13]

Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[14]

Noripterus

N. complicidens[13]

A dsungaripterid.

Crurotarsans
Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Edentosuchus

E. tienshanensis[15]

Footnotes
  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  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 2015-05-17.
  4. "48.5 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 1. Tugulu Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 567.
  5. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100125_acc.pdf
  6. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
  7. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
  8. Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
  9. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
  10. Xu, Xing; Choiniere, Jonah; Tan, Qingwei; Benson, Roger B.J; Clark, James; Sullivan, Corwin; Zhao, Qi; Han, Fenglu; Ma, Qingyu; He, Yiming; Wang, Shuo; Xing, Hai; Tan, Lin (2018). "Two Early Cretaceous Fossils Document Transitional Stages in Alvarezsaurian Dinosaur Evolution". Current Biology. 28 (17): 2853–2860.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.057. PMID 30146153.
  11. "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
  12. "Re: The timing of stegosaur extinction". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  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. http://www.paleoglot.org/files/Li_85a.pdf

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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