The Tugulu Group () is a geological Group in Xinjiang, China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur skeletal remains and footprints are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.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. .Lucas, Spencer G, Chinese Fossil vertebrates, Pp. 158-159, New York, Columbia University Press, .
Vertebrate paleofauna Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Asiatosaurus"48.5 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 1. Tugulu Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 567. A. mongoliensisDeltapodusD. curriei Kelmayisaurus K. petrolicus Maxilla and dentary"Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73. Xinjiangovenator X. parvus Tibia and phalanges"Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78. Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.PhaedrolosaurusP. ilikensisA toothZ.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese] Psittacosaurus P. xinjiangensis Several specimens of different ages and sizes, holotype and most complete specimen belonging to a juvenile An early ceratopsian Tugulusaurus T. faciles Hindlimb, rib, and a vertebral centrum"Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77. Xiyunykus X. pengi Partial skeleton Wuerhosaurus W. homheni Partial skeleton"Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345. A stegosaur Ornithomimosauria indet. Indeterminate Hand claw and associated caudal vertebrae The first ornithomimosaur known from the Junggar Basin
Pterosaurs Pterosaurs Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images Dsungaripterus D. weii A dsungaripterid Noripterus N. complicidens Front part of the skull and lower jaws, vertebrae, and partial limbs and pelvis. A dsungaripterid Lonchognathosaurus L. acutirostrisBarrett, 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.Front portion of skull and lower jaws Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii. Ornithocheiromorpha indet. Indeterminate Partial humerus The first known ornithocheiromorph from the Tugulu Group
Pseudosuchians Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Edentosuchus E. tienshanensis A crocodyliform
Turtles Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Dracochelys Dracochelys bicuspis A skull, an incomplete skeleton. A sinemydid Ordosemys O. brinkmania An isolated skull, several shells. A sinemydid Xinjiangchelys Indeterminate A shell preserved on a slab in ventral viewA xinjiangchelyid Wuguia W. efremoviW. hutubeiensis Partial shells (W. efremovi), an incomplete skeleton (W. hutubeiensis)A sinemydid Pantrionychia indet. A poorly preserved skull in dorsal view A cryptodiran
Fish Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images Bogdaichthys B. fukangensis A siyuichthyid B. serratus Dsungarichthys D. bilineatus A siyuichthyid Manasichthys M. elongatus A siyuichthyid M. tuguluensis Neobaleiichthys N. chikuensis Siyuichthys S. ornatus A siyuichthyid S. pulchellus S. pulcher Uighuroniscus U. sinkiangensis Wukangia W. houyanshanensis A siyuichthyid
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