Lianmuqin Formation
Lianmuqin Formation
Stratigraphic range : Valanginian –Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Underlies Donggou & Kumutake Formations
Thickness 213–360 m (699–1,181 ft)
Lithology
Location
Coordinates 46°00′N 85°48′E/46.0°N 85.8°E/ 46.0; 85.8
Approximate paleocoordinates 45°00′N 81°54′E/45.0°N 81.9°E/ 45.0; 81.9
Type section
The Lianmuqin Formation , also transcribed as Lianmugin Formation , and Lianmuxin Formation , is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation composed of "interbedded red green and yellow variegated mudstones and siltstones ". Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.
The formation is named after Lianmuqin Town in Shanshan County , Xinjiang.
Vertebrate paleofauna Dinosaurs Dinosaurs of the Lianmuqin FormationGenus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Asiatosaurus A. mongoliensis NW Junggar Basin Kelmayisaurus K. petrolicus NW Junggar Basin "Maxilla and dentary." Xinjiangovenator X. parvus NW Junggar Basin "Tibia [and] phalanges." Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis . Phaedrolosaurus P. ilikensis NW Junggar Basin "tooth" Psittacosaurus P. xinjiangensis NW Junggar Basin Tugulusaurus T. faciles NW Junggar Basin "Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum." Wuerhosaurus W. homheni NW Junggar Basin "Partial skeleton."
Pterosaurs Pterosaurs of the Lianmuqin FormationGenus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images Dsungaripteridae indet.indeterminate Southern Junggar Basin Not referable to Lonchognathosaurus Dsungaripterus Dsungaripterus D. weii NW Junggar Basin Dsungaripterus Noripterus Noripterus N. complicidens NW Junggar Basin Lonchognathosaurus L. acutirostris Southern Junggar Basin Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii . Ornithocheiromorpha Indet.Indeterminate
Plesiosaurs Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images Sinopliosaurus S. weiyuanensis NW Junggar Basin Three vertebrae and a tooth. Dubious genus of plesiosaur.
Crurotarsans Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images Edentosuchus E. tienshanensis NW Junggar Basin
Turtles Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images Dracochelys D. bicuspis Southern Junggar Basin Ordosemys O. brinkmania NW Junggar Basin Wuguia W. efremovi Southern Junggar Basin Xinjiangchelys X. sp.NW Junggar Basin
Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
See also Bibliography Weishampel, David B. ; Dodson, Peter ; Osmólska, Halszka , eds. (2004). (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)