The Lianmuqin Formation, also transcribed as Lianmugin Formation,Lianmugin Formation at Fossilworks.org and Lianmuxin Formation, is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation composed of "interbedded red green and yellow variegated mudstones and siltstones".Lucas, Spencer G, Chinese Fossil vertebrates, Pp. 158-159, New York, Columbia University Press, . Dinosaur remains have been recovered from it.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
The formation is named after Lianmuqin Town in Shanshan County, Xinjiang.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation 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. mongoliensis NW Junggar Basin 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. Phaedrolosaurus P. ilikensis NW Junggar Basin "tooth"Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese] Psittacosaurus P. xinjiangensis NW Junggar Basin Tugulusaurus T. faciles NW Junggar Basin "Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum.""Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77. Wuerhosaurus W. homheni NW Junggar Basin "Partial skeleton.""Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345. Tetenura indet.NW Junggar Basin"Isolated tooth"
Pterosaurs Pterosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes ImagesDsungaripteridae indet.indeterminate Southern Junggar BasinNot referable to Lonchognathosaurus or Dsungaripterus; likely a new taxon. Dsungaripterus D. weii NW Junggar Basin Noripterus N. complicidens NW Junggar Basin 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. 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.C.-C. Young. (1944). On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 24(3–4):187-205Z. Dong. (1973). [Cretaceous stratigraphy of Wuerho district, Dsungar Basin]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:1-7 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
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
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