The Huiquanpu Formation () 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.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.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. .
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithopods Ornithopods of the Huiquanpu Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Datonglong D. tianzhenensis Lower jaw A hadrosauroid ornithopod
Sauropods Sauropods of the Huiquanpu Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images HuabeisaurusPang 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. H. allocotus Teeth and postcranial skeleton A euhelopodid somphospondylan
Theropods Theropods of the Huiquanpu Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Jinbeisaurus J. wangi Maxilla, dentary and fragmentary postcrania A tyrannosauroid
Thyreophorans Thyreophorans of the Huiquanpu Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images ShanxiaBarrett, 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. S. tianzhenensis Partial skeleton An ankylosaurid TianzhenosaurusPang, Q., and Z. Cheng. 1998. A new ankylosaur of Late Cretaceous from Tianzhen, Shaxi. Progress in Natural Science 8 (3): pp. 326-334. T. chengi Skull and partial skeleton An ankylosaurid T. youngi Skull and partial skeleton
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
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