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Tugulu Group
Type Geological formation
Age Early Cretaceous
Lithology
Location
Region Asia


The Tugulu Group 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.[1]

Vertebrate fauna[]

Dinosaurs[]

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Dinosaurs reported from the Tugulu Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Asiatosaurus[2]

A. mongoliensis[2]

Wuerhosaurus

Kelmayisaurus

K. petrolicus[2]

"Maxilla and dentary."[3]

Xinjiangovenator

X. parvus

"Tibia [and] phalanges."[4]

Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.[2]

Phaedrolosaurus

P. ilikensis

"tooth"[5]

Psittacosaurus[2]

P. xinjiangensis[2]

Tugulusaurus[2]

T. faciles[2]

"Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[6]

Wuerhosaurus[2]

W. homheni[2]

"Partial skeleton."[7]

Pterosaurs[]

Pterosaurs of the Lianmuqin Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Dsungaripterus

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Noripterus

N. complicidens[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "48.5 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 1. Tugulu Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 567.
  3. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
  4. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
  5. ^ Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
  6. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
  7. ^ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
  8. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de


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