Lianmuqin Formation

Lianmuqin Formation
Stratigraphic range: ?Valanginian-Albian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Tugulu Group
Underlies Donggou Formation, Kumutake Formation
Overlies Shengjinkou Formation
Thickness 213-360 meters thick
Location
Region Xinjiang
Country China

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

Contents

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 data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Tugulu Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Asiatosaurus[5]

A. mongoliensis[5]

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[9]

P. ilikensis

"tooth"[10]

Psittacosaurus[5]

P. xinjiangensis[5]

Tugulusaurus[5]

T. faciles[5]

"Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[11]

Wuerhosaurus[5]

W. homheni[5]

"Partial skeleton."[12]

Pterosaurs

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

Dsungaripterus

D. weii[13]

Lonchognathosaurus

L. acutirostris[14]

Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[15]

Noripterus

N. complicidens[16]

Crurotarsans

Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Edentosuchus

E. tienshanensis[17]

See also

Footnotes

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References

  1. ^ http://dml.cmnh.org/2011Apr/msg00306.html
  2. ^ Lucas, Spencer G, Chinese Fossil vertebrates, Pp. 158-159, New York, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08483-8.
  3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=svFUrN8xBpwC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=tugulu+group+lianmuqing&source=bl&ots=f23srlaULJ&sig=o2_pjJqdm7ktbrjRtWiNifkPXMQ&hl=en&ei=C9S5TYS7JMTx0gG23oC7CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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. ^ http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7235&Itemid=67
  10. ^ Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
  11. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
  12. ^ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
  13. ^ http://dml.cmnh.org/2005Feb/msg00427.html
  14. ^ 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.[1]
  15. ^ Andres, B.; Clark, J. M.; and Xing, X. (2010). "A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of basal pterosaurs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 163–187. doi:10.1080/02724630903409220. 
  16. ^ 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.[2]
  17. ^ http://www.paleoglot.org/files/Li_85a.pdf