Lianmuqin Formation
{{Short description|Geological formation in Xinjiang, China}}
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| name = Lianmuqin Formation
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| type = Geological formation
| period = Early Cretaceous
| prilithology = Mudstone, siltstone
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| namedfor = Lianmuqin
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| region = Xinjiang
| country = {{CHN}}
| coordinates = {{coord|46.0|N|85.8|E|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|45.0|N|81.9|E|display=inline}}
| unitof = Tugulu Group
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| underlies = Donggou & Kumutake Formations
| overlies = Shengjinkou Formation
| thickness = {{convert|213|-|360|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| extent = Junggar Basin
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| map = {{Location map+ | China Xinjiang Northern
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| width = 250
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{{Location map~ | China Xinjiang Northern
| lat_deg = 46.0
| lon_deg = 85.8
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| marksize = 12
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The Lianmuqin Formation,{{cite web|url=http://dml.cmnh.org/2011Apr/msg00306.html|title=Re: Kelmayisaurus a carcharodontosaurid|publisher=dml.cmnh.org|access-date=2015-01-05}} also transcribed as Lianmugin Formation,[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?geological_group=Tugulu&formation=Lianmugin Lianmugin Formation] at Fossilworks.org and Lianmuxin Formation,{{Cite journal|author=I. G. Danilov, J. F. Parham|title=The type series of "Sinemys" wuerhoensis, a problematic turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of China, includes at least three taxa|date=2007|journal=Palaeontology|volume=50|issue=2|page=431 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00632.x |bibcode=2007Palgy..50..431D }} 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, {{ISBN|0-231-08483-8}}.{{cite book|title=Chinese Fossil Vertebrates|author=Lucas, S.G.|date=2001|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231084833|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=svFUrN8xBpwC|page=158|access-date=2015-01-05}} 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 =
= Pterosaurs =
= Plesiosaurs =
| class="wikitable" align="center" | ||||||
| Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#E6E6E6;" | Sinopliosaurus
| style="background:#E6E6E6;" | S. weiyuanensis | style="background:#E6E6E6;" | NW Junggar Basin | style="background:#E6E6E6;" | | style="background:#E6E6E6;" | 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 | style="background:#E6E6E6;" | Dubious genus of plesiosaur. | style="background:#E6E6E6;" | |
= Crurotarsans =
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| Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edentosuchus
| NW Junggar Basin | | | | |
= Turtles =
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| 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 | | | |
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
= Bibliography =
- {{cite book |editor-last=Weishampel |editor-first=David B. |editor-link=David B. Weishampel |editor-last2=Dodson |editor-first2=Peter |editor-link2=Peter Dodson |editor-last3=Osmólska |editor-first3=Halszka |editor-link3=Halszka Osmólska |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press |pages=1–880 |access-date=2019-02-21 |isbn=0-520-24209-2}}
Category:Geologic formations of China