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Tugulu Group
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous
Group
Sub-unitsQingshuihe, Hutubihe, Shengjinkou & Lianmuqin Formations
UnderliesDonggou & Kumutake Formations
OverliesKalaza Formation
Thickness150–1,640 m (490–5,380 ft)
Location
RegionXinjiang
Country China
ExtentJunggar Basin

The Tugulu Group (

Group in Xinjiang, China whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur skeletal remains and footprints are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1][2][3][4]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon
Ootaxon
Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Asiatosaurus[5] A. mongoliensis[5]
Xiyunykus
Kelmayisaurus[5][6] K. petrolicus[5] "Maxilla and dentary."[7]
Xinjiangovenator X. parvus "Tibia [and] phalanges."[8] Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis.[5]
Phaedrolosaurus P. ilikensis "tooth"[9]
Psittacosaurus[5] P. xinjiangensis[5] An early ceratopsian
Tugulusaurus[5] T. faciles[5] "Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum."[10]
Xiyunykus X. pengi "Partial skeleton"[11]
Wuerhosaurus[5] W. homheni[5] "Partial skeleton."[12] A stegosaur
Unnamed ornithomimosaur[13] "manus claw and various closely associated caudal vertebrae" The first ornithomimosaur known from the Junggar Basin.

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images
Dsungaripterus D. weii[14] A dsungaripterid
Dsungaripterus(top) and Noripterus (bottom)
Noripterus N. complicidens[15] A
dsungaripterid
Lonchognathosaurus L. acutirostris[15] Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[16]

Pseudosuchians

Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Edentosuchus E. tienshanensis[17] A crocodyliform

Turtles

Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Dracochelys Dracochelys bicuspis[18][19] A skull, an incomplete skeleton. A sinemydid
Ordosemys O. brinkmania[20] An isolated skull, several shells. A sinemydid
Xinjiangchelys Indeterminate "A shell in ventral aspect on a slab"[20] A xinjiangchelyid
Wuguia W. efremovi[21]
W. hutubeiensis[22] 		Partial shells (W. efremovi), an incomplete skeleton (W. hutubeiensis) A sinemydid
Pantrionychia indet. "Apoorly preserved skull in dorsal aspect"[20] A cryptodiran

Fish

Name Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images
Bogdaichthys[23] B. fukangensis A
siyuichthyid[24]
B. serratus
Dsungarichthys[23] D. bilineatus A siyuichthyid
Manasichthys[23] M. elongatus A siyuichthyid
M. tuguluensis
Neobaleiichthys[23] N. chikuensis
Siyuichthys[23] S. ornatus A siyuichthyid
S. pulchellus
S. pulcher
Uighuroniscus[23] U. sinkiangensis
Wukangia[23] W. houyanshanensis A siyuichthyid

References

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  3. ISBN 9780231084833
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  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "48.5 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China; 1. Tugulu Group," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 567.
  6. ^ "A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (Preprint). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  7. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
  8. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
  9. ^ Z.-M. Dong. (1973). [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academic Sinica 11:45-52. [Chinese]
  10. ^ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 77.
  11. PMID 30146153
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  12. ^ "Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345.
  13. S2CID 233549987
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  14. ^ "Re: The timing of stegosaur extinction". dml.cmnh.org. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  15. ^ a b Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.[1]
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  17. ^ "The Polyglot Paleontologist" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  18. ^ E. S. Gaffney; X. Ye (1992). "Dracochelys, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of China". American Museum Novitates. 3048 (1–3).
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  20. ^ a b c I. G. Danilov, J. F. Parham (2007). "The type series of "Sinemys" wuerhoensis, a problematic turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of China, includes at least three taxa". Palaeontology. 50 (2).
  21. ^ I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov (2005). "A basal eucryptodiran turtle "Sinemys" efremovi (= Wuguia efremovi) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (1).
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  24. S2CID 86605978
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