Tugulu Group
| Tugulu Group | |
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| Stratigraphic range: | |
 The Shengjinkou Formation, which makes up part of the Tugulu Group. Photographed before 2021.
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| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Qingshuihe, Hutubihe, Shengjinkou & Lianmuqin Formations |
| Underlies | Donggou & Kumutake Formations |
| Overlies | Kalaza Formation |
| Thickness | 150–1,640 m (490–5,380 ft) |
| Location | |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Country | China |
| Extent | Junggar Basin |
The Tugulu Group (simplified Chinese: 吐谷鲁群; traditional Chinese: 吐谷魯群; pinyin: Tǔgǔlǔ Qún) is a geological 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.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Dinosaurs | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Asiatosaurus | A. mongoliensis |
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| Kelmayisaurus | K. petrolicus | "Maxilla and dentary." | ||||
| Xinjiangovenator | X. parvus | "Tibia [and] phalanges." | Formerly thought to be a representative of Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis. | |||
| Phaedrolosaurus | P. ilikensis | "tooth" | ||||
| Psittacosaurus | P. xinjiangensis | An early ceratopsian | ||||
| Tugulusaurus | T. faciles | "Hindlimb, rib, [and a] vertebral centrum." | ||||
| Xiyunykus | X. pengi | "Partial skeleton" | ||||
| Wuerhosaurus | W. homheni | "Partial skeleton." | A stegosaur | |||
| Unnamed ornithomimosaur | "manus claw and various closely associated caudal vertebrae" | The first ornithomimosaur known from the Junggar Basin. | ||||
Pterosaurs
| Pterosaurs | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
| Dsungaripterus | D. weii | A dsungaripterid |
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| Noripterus | N. complicidens | A dsungaripterid | ||||
| Lonchognathosaurus | L. acutirostris | Possible junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii. | ||||
Pseudosuchians
| Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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| Edentosuchus | E. tienshanensis | A crocodyliform |
Turtles
| Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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| Dracochelys | Dracochelys bicuspis | A skull, an incomplete skeleton. | A sinemydid | |||
| Ordosemys | O. brinkmania | An isolated skull, several shells. | A sinemydid | |||
| Xinjiangchelys | Indeterminate | "A shell in ventral aspect on a slab" | A xinjiangchelyid | |||
| Wuguia |
W. efremovi W. hutubeiensis |
Partial shells (W. efremovi), an incomplete skeleton (W. hutubeiensis) | A sinemydid | |||
| Pantrionychia indet. | "Apoorly preserved skull in dorsal aspect" | A cryptodiran |
Fish
| Name | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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| Bogdaichthys | B. fukangensis | A siyuichthyid | ||||
| B. serratus | ||||||
| Dsungarichthys | D. bilineatus | A siyuichthyid | ||||
| Manasichthys | M. elongatus | A siyuichthyid | ||||
| M. tuguluensis | ||||||
| Neobaleiichthys | N. chikuensis | |||||
| Siyuichthys | S. ornatus | A siyuichthyid | ||||
| S. pulchellus | ||||||
| S. pulcher | ||||||
| Uighuroniscus | U. sinkiangensis | |||||
| Wukangia | W. houyanshanensis | A siyuichthyid |