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Lianmuqin Formation

Lianmuqin 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 Lianmuqin Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation composed of "interbedded red green and yellow variegated mudstones and siltstones [sic]".Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the it.

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

Asiatosaurus

A. mongoliensis

Kelmayisaurus

K. petrolicus

"Maxilla and dentary."

Xinjiangovenator

X. parvus

"Tibia [and] phalanges."

Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.

Phaedrolosaurus

P. ilikensis

"tooth"

Psittacosaurus

P. xinjiangensis

Tugulusaurus

T. faciles

"Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."

Wuerhosaurus

W. homheni

"Partial skeleton."

Dsungaripterus

D. weii

Lonchognathosaurus

L. acutirostris

Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.

Noripterus

N. complicidens

Edentosuchus

E. tienshanensis



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