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The Huiquanpu Formation () is a geological
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in Shanxi and
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provinces, China, whose strata date back to the
Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...
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. .


Vertebrate paleofauna

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Huabeisaurus allocotus ''Huabeisaurus'' (, meaning "North China lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian stages, around 99.7–70.6 million years ago). It was a sauropod which lived in what is present-day northern China. T ...
'' — Teeth ndpostcranial skeleton; Cenomanian to
Campanian The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campani ...
stages."Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 268. * '' Tianzhenosaurus youngi'' — "Skull ndpostcranial skeleton.""Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 364. * '' Datonglong tianzhenensis'' — Tianzhen.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. * '' Shanxia tianzhenensis'' — "Partial skull.""Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 368. * ''
Jinbeisaurus ''Jinbeisaurus'' (meaning "northern Shanxi Province lizard" after Shanxi Province in China) is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Huiquanpu Formation from Shanxi Province in China. The type and only species is ''Jinbe ...
wangi'' — "Maxilla, dentary and fragmentary postcrania."


See also

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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented. Containing body fossils * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils ** List of stratigraphic units with ...


References

{{Reflist Geologic formations of China Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia Cretaceous China Campanian Stage Cenomanian Stage Coniacian Stage Santonian Stage Turonian Stage Conglomerate formations Sandstone formations Siltstone formations Fluvial deposits Paleontology in Shanxi Paleontology in Hebei