Huiquanpu Formation

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Huiquanpu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cenomanian-Campanian
~99–71 Ma
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesMiddle Miocene basalt
OverliesArchean gneiss basement
ThicknessOver 200 m (660 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
OtherConglomerate
Location
Coordinates40°18′N 114°12′E / 40.3°N 114.2°E / 40.3; 114.2Coordinates: 40°18′N 114°12′E / 40.3°N 114.2°E / 40.3; 114.2
Approximate paleocoordinates40°24′N 104°24′E / 40.4°N 104.4°E / 40.4; 104.4
RegionHebei & Shanxi Provinces
Country China
Huiquanpu Formation is located in China
Huiquanpu Formation
Huiquanpu Formation (China)

The Huiquanpu Formation (simplified Chinese: 灰泉堡组; traditional Chinese: 灰泉堡組; pinyin: Huīquánpù Zǔ) is a geological formation in Shanxi and Hebei provinces, China, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous period. It predominantly consists of purple-red mudstone, with subordinate grey-white sandy conglomerates.[1]

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Vertebrate paleofauna[]

  • Huabeisaurus allocotus — Teeth [and] postcranial skeleton; Cenomanian to Campanian stages.[3]
  • Tianzhenosaurus youngi — "Skull [and] postcranial skeleton."[4]
  • Datonglong tianzhenensis — Tianzhen.[5]
  • Shanxia tianzhenensis — "Partial skull."[6]
  • Jinbeisaurus wangi — "Maxilla, dentary and fragmentary postcrania."[1]

See also[]

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References[]

  1. ^ a b Xiao-chun, Wu; Jian-Ru, Shi; Li-Yang, Dong; Carr, Thomas D.; Jian, Yi; Shi-Chao, Xu (December 2019). "A new tyrannosauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi, China". Cretaceous Research. 108: 104357. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104357.
  2. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 593-600. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  3. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 268.
  4. ^ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 364.
  5. ^ Shi-Chao Xu, Hai-Lu You, Jia-Wei Wang, Suo-Zhu Wang, Jian Yi and Lei Yia (2016). "A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. in press.
  6. ^ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368.
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