Tugulu Group

Tugulu Group Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Qingshuihe Formation, Hutubihe Formation, Shengjinkou Formation, Lianmuqin Formation
Underlies	Donggou Formation, Kumutake Formation
Overlies	Shishugou Formation[1]
Thickness	150–1640 meters thick
Location
Region	Xinjiang
Country	China

The Tugulu Group (simplified Chinese: 吐谷鲁群; traditional Chinese: 吐谷魯群; pinyin: Tǔgǔlǔ Qún) is a geological formation in Xinjiang, China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[2][3][4]

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]

Footnotes

1. Davis, G.A.; S, M. (2001). Paleozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of central and eastern Asia. Geological Society of America. p. 356. ISBN 9780813711942. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
2. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 563-570. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
3. Lucas, Spencer G, Chinese Fossil vertebrates, Pp. 158-159, New York, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-08483-8.
4. Lucas, S.G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780231084833. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
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 2015-05-17.
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. http://www.paleoglot.org/files/Li_85a.pdf

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.