Lianmuqin Formation

Lianmuxin Formation Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Albian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Tugulu Group
Underlies	Donggou Formation, Kumutake Formation
Overlies	Shengjinkou Formation
Thickness	213-360 meters thick
Location
Region	Xinjiang
Country	China

The Lianmuxin Formation^[1] is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation composed of "interbedded red green and yellow variegated mudstones and siltstones [sic]".^[2][3] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the it.^[4]

The formation is named after Lianmuxin Town in Shanshan County, Xinjiang.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

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.

Dinosaurs reported from the Tugulu Group
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Asiatosaurus[5]	A. mongoliensis[5]					Wuerhosaurus
Kelmayisaurus[5][6]	K. petrolicus[5]			"Maxilla and dentary."[7]
Xinjiangovenator	X. parvus			"Tibia [and] phalanges."[8]	Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.[5]
Phaedrolosaurus	P. ilikensis			"tooth"[9]
Psittacosaurus[5]	P. xinjiangensis[5]
Tugulusaurus[5]	T. faciles[5]			"Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[10]
Wuerhosaurus[5]	W. homheni[5]			"Partial skeleton."[11]

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Dsungaripterus	D. weii[12]
Lonchognathosaurus	L. acutirostris[13]				Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[14]
Noripterus	N. complicidens[13]

Crurotarsans

Name	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Edentosuchus	E. tienshanensis[15]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

References

1. "Re: Kelmayisaurus a carcharodontosaurid". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
2. Lucas, Spencer G, Chinese Fossil vertebrates, Pp. 158-159, New York, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08483-8.
3. Lucas, S.G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780231084833. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
4. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution" Pp. 517-607. in Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. " Pp. 517-607.
5. "48.5 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 1. Tugulu Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 567.
6. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20100125_acc.pdf
7. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
8. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
9. Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
10. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
11. "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
12. "Re: The timing of stegosaur extinction". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
13. 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.
14. 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". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 163–187. doi:10.1080/02724630903409220.
15. 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.