Lianmuqin Formation
The Lianmuqin Formation,[1] also transcribed as Lianmugin Formation,[2] is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation composed of "interbedded red green and yellow variegated mudstones and siltstones".[3][4] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.[5]
Lianmuqin Formation Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Albian ~140–100 Ma | |
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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 | 46.0°N 85.8°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 45.0°N 81.9°E |
Region | Xinjiang |
Country | China |
Extent | Junggar Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Lianmuqin |
Lianmuqin Formation (China) Lianmuqin Formation (Xinjiang) |
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[6] | A. mongoliensis[6] | |||||
Kelmayisaurus[6][7] | K. petrolicus[6] | "Maxilla and dentary."[8] | ||||
Xinjiangovenator | X. parvus | "Tibia [and] phalanges."[9] | Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.[6] | |||
Phaedrolosaurus | P. ilikensis | "tooth"[10] | ||||
Psittacosaurus[6] | P. xinjiangensis[6] | |||||
Tugulusaurus[6] | T. faciles[6] | "Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[11] | ||||
Wuerhosaurus[6] | W. homheni[6] | "Partial skeleton."[12] | ||||
Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Dsungaripterus | D. weii[13] | |||||
Noripterus | N. complicidens[14] | |||||
Lonchognathosaurus | L. acutirostris[14] | Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[15] | ||||
Crurotarsans
Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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Edentosuchus | E. tienshanensis[16] | |||||
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- "Re: Kelmayisaurus a carcharodontosaurid". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- Lianmugin Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Lucas, Spencer G, Chinese Fossil vertebrates, Pp. 158-159, New York, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08483-8.
- Lucas, S.G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780231084833. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- "48.5 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 1. Tugulu Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 567.
- http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100125_acc.pdf
- "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
- "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
- Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
- "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
- "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
- "Re: The timing of stegosaur extinction". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- 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.
- Andres, B.; Clark, J. M.; Xing, X. (2010). "A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of basal pterosaurs" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (1): 163–187. doi:10.1080/02724630903409220. S2CID 53688256.
- Jinling Li (July 1985). "A revision of Edentosuchus tienshanensis Young from the Tugulu Group of Xinjiang Autonomous Region" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 23 (3): 196–206. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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