Qiupa Formation
The Qiupa Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in Henan Province, central China. It is rich in dinosaur eggs and bones, such as undescribed skeletons of an oviraptorid, troodontid, ankylosaurid, ornithopod and ornithomimid.[1]
Paleobiota
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Color key
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Reclassified taxon |
Taxon falsely reported as present |
Dubious taxon or junior synonym |
Ichnotaxon |
Ootaxon |
Morphotaxon |
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Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited. |
Theropods
| Taxon | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
| Qiupalong henanensis | | | An ornithomimid.[2] | |
| Luanchuanraptor henanensis | | | A dromaeosaurid.[3] | |
| Yulong mini | | | A derived oviraptorid.[4] | |
- ?Tarbosaurus bataar
- ?Tyrannosaurus luanchensis (?Tarbosaurus bataar)
References
- ↑ Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Junchang Lü, Yuong-Nam Lee, Li Xu and Xingliao Zhang (2008). "A new basal ornithomimid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous in Henan Province of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (Supplement 3): 101A.
- ↑ Xu, L.; Kobayashi, Y.; Lü, J.; Lee, Y. N.; Liu, Y.; Tanaka, K.; Zhang, X.; Jia, S.; Zhang, J. (2011). "A new ornithomimid dinosaur with North American affinities from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Henan Province of China". Cretaceous Research 32 (2): 213. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.12.004.
- ↑ Lü, J.-C.; Xu, L.; Zhang, X.-L.; Ji, Q.; Jia, S.-H.; Hu, W.-Y.; Zhang, J.-M.; Wu, Y.-H. (2007). "New dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation of Luanchuan area, western Henan, China". Geological Bulletin of China 26 (7): 777–786.
- ↑ Lü, J.; Currie, P. J.; Xu, L.; Zhang, X.; Pu, H.; Jia, S. (2013). "Chicken-sized oviraptorid dinosaurs from central China and their ontogenetic implications". Naturwissenschaften 100 (2): 165–175. Bibcode:2013NW....100..165L. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-1007-0. PMID 23314810.