Xinlong Formation
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]
Xinlong Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous (?Aptian - Albian) | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Location | |
Region | Guangxi |
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Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs reported from the Hühteeg Svita | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
A. kwangshiensis |
Teeth, three cervical vertebrae and ribs |
Indeterminate Sauropod |
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D. guangxiensis |
A member of Carcharodontosauria |
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F. zhaoi[4] |
Partial pelvis and caudal vertebrae |
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L. hei[5] |
Fifth to ninth dorsal vertebrae |
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P. kwangshiensis |
Several teeth, fragmentary tibia, fragmentary fibula. |
Indeterminate Theropod |
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"Sinopliosaurus" | "S". fusuiensis | Four teeth | Spinosaurid | |||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- 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 (1): 143–159. doi:10.1017/S0016756815000394. ISSN 0016-7568.
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- 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.
- 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
- 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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