Huiquanpu Formation

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". The Huiquanpu Formation (Template:Zh) 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]

Fossil content

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Dinosaurs

Ornithopods

Ornithopods of the Huiquanpu Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Datonglong[3] D. tianzhenensis Lower jaw A hadrosauroid ornithopod

Sauropods

Sauropods of the Huiquanpu Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Huabeisaurus[4] H. allocotus Teeth and postcranial skeleton A euhelopodid somphospondylan

Theropods

Theropods of the Huiquanpu Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Jinbeisaurus[5] J. wangi Maxilla, dentary and fragmentary postcrania A tyrannosauroid

Thyreophorans

Thyreophorans of the Huiquanpu Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Shanxia[6] S. tianzhenensis Partial skeleton An ankylosaurid
Tianzhenosaurus[7][8] T. chengi Skull and partial skeleton An ankylosaurid
T. youngi Skull and partial skeleton

See also

References

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  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. Template:ISBN.
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  4. ↑ Pang and Cheng. 2000. A new family of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 74 (2): pp. 117-125.
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  6. ↑ Barrett, P. M., Y. Hailu, R. Upchurch, and A.C. Burton. 1998. A new ankylosaurian Dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, People’s Republic of China. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 18 (2): pp. 376-384.
  7. ↑ Pang, Q., and Z. Cheng. 1998. A new ankylosaur of Late Cretaceous from Tianzhen, Shaxi. Progress in Natural Science 8 (3): pp. 326-334.
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