Huiquanpu Formation
The Huiquanpu Formation (simplified Chinese: 灰泉堡组; traditional Chinese: 灰泉堡組; pinyin: Huīquánpù Zǔ) is a geological formation in Shanxi and Hebei provinces, China, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous period. It predominantly consists of purple-red mudstone, with subordinate grey-white sandy conglomerates.[1]
| Huiquanpu Formation Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian-Campanian ~99–71 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Middle Miocene basalt |
| Overlies | Archean gneiss basement |
| Thickness | Over 200 m (660 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone |
| Other | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40.3°N 114.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 40.4°N 104.4°E |
| Region | Hebei & Shanxi Provinces |
| Country |  China |
  Huiquanpu Formation (China)  Huiquanpu Formation (Shanxi) | |
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
- Huabeisaurus allocotus — Teeth [and] postcranial skeleton; Cenomanian to Campanian stages.[3]
- Tianzhenosaurus youngi — "Skull [and] postcranial skeleton."[4]
- Datonglong tianzhenensis — Tianzhen.[5]
- Shanxia tianzhenensis — "Partial skull."[6]
- Jinbeisaurus wangi — "Maxilla, dentary and fragmentary postcrania."[1]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Xiao-chun, Wu; Jian-Ru, Shi; Li-Yang, Dong; Carr, Thomas D.; Jian, Yi; Shi-Chao, Xu (December 2019). "A new tyrannosauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi, China". Cretaceous Research. 108: 104357. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104357.
- Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 268.
- "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 364.
- Shi-Chao Xu, Hai-Lu You, Jia-Wei Wang, Suo-Zhu Wang, Jian Yi and Lei Yia (2016). "A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. in press.
- "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
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