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.[2]
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]
Fossil content
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Color key | | Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited. |
Dinosaurs
Ornithopods
Sauropods
Theropods
Theropods of the Huiquanpu Formation |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Jinbeisaurus[6] | J. wangi | | | Maxilla, dentary and fragmentary postcrania | A tyrannosauroid | |
Thyreophorans
Thyreophorans of the Huiquanpu Formation |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Shanxia[7] | S. tianzhenensis | | | Partial skeleton | An ankylosaurid | |
Tianzhenosaurus[8][9] | T. chengi | | | Skull and partial skeleton | An ankylosaurid | |
T. youngi | Skull and partial skeleton |
See also
References
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- ^ Pang, Qiqing; Li, Zhiguang; Guo, Zhen (December 2024). "A new species of ankylosaurian dinosaur—"Tianzhenosaurus chengi" sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen County, Shanxi Province, China". Journal of Hebei GEO University. 6: 41–73. doi:10.13937/j.cnki.hbdzdxxb.2024.06.006.