Lianmuqin Formation
Lianmuqin Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Aptian–Albian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Tugulu Group |
Underlies | Donggou & Kumutake Formations |
Overlies | Shengjinkou Formation |
Thickness | 213–360 m (699–1,181 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone, siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | Lianmuqin Formation (Dzungaria) |
The Lianmuqin Formation,[2] also transcribed as Lianmugin Formation,[3] and Lianmuxin Formation,[4] is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation composed of "interbedded red green and yellow variegated mudstones and siltstones".[5][6] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.[7]
The formation is named after Lianmuqin Town in Shanshan County, Xinjiang.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Asiatosaurus[8] | A. mongoliensis[8] | NW Junggar Basin | ||||
Kelmayisaurus[8][9] | K. petrolicus[8] | NW Junggar Basin | "Maxilla and dentary."[10] | |||
Xinjiangovenator | X. parvus | NW Junggar Basin | "Tibia [and] phalanges."[11] | Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.[8] | ||
Phaedrolosaurus | P. ilikensis | NW Junggar Basin | "tooth"[12] | |||
Psittacosaurus[8] | P. xinjiangensis[8] | NW Junggar Basin | ||||
Tugulusaurus[8] | T. faciles[8] | NW Junggar Basin | "Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[13] | |||
Wuerhosaurus[8] | W. homheni[8] | NW Junggar Basin | "Partial skeleton."[14] |
Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Dsungaripteridae indet.[15] | indeterminate[15] | Southern Junggar Basin | Not referable to Lonchognathosaurus or Dsungaripterus; likely a new taxon.[15] | |||
Dsungaripterus | D. weii[16] | NW Junggar Basin | ||||
Noripterus | N. complicidens[17] | NW Junggar Basin | ||||
Lonchognathosaurus | L. acutirostris[17] | Southern Junggar Basin | Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[18] |
Plesiosaurs
Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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Sinopliosaurus | S. weiyuanensis | NW Junggar Basin | Three vertebrae and a tooth.[19][20] | Dubious genus of plesiosaur. |
Crurotarsans
Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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Edentosuchus | E. tienshanensis[21] | NW Junggar Basin |
Turtles
Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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Dracochelys | D. bicuspis | Southern Junggar Basin | [22] | |||
Ordosemys | O. brinkmania | NW Junggar Basin | [22] | |||
Wuguia | W. efremovi | Southern Junggar Basin | [22] | |||
Xinjiangchelys | X. sp. | NW Junggar Basin | [22] |
Color key
| Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
References
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- ^ "Re: Kelmayisaurus a carcharodontosaurid". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ Lianmugin Formation at Fossilworks.org
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