Qigu Formation

Qigu Formation
Qigu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian-Early Kimmeridgian, ; 160.8–155.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Kalaza Formation
Overlies	Toutunhe Formation (Junggar) Qiketai Formation (equivalent unit in the Turpan Basin)
Thickness	Over 520 m (1,710 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone, sandstone
Location
Coordinates	43°36′N 87°18′E / 43.6°N 87.3°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	42°54′N 97°30′E / 42.9°N 97.5°E
Region	Xinjiang
Country	China
Extent	Southern Junggar Basin (blue); Turpan Basin (disputed) (cyan)
	Qigu Formation (Dzungaria)

The Qigu Formation is a Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) geologic formation in the Southern Junggar Basin in China. Indeterminate Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, including theropod teeth and a fibula.^[1] a stegosaur dorsal vertebra^[2] and a Eusauropod tooth.^[3] Xinjiangtitan was erroneously thought to be from this formation, but it is actually from the older Qiketai Formation, which is in a different basin.^[4] The term "Qigu Formation" is also used to sediments of equivalent age in the Turpan Basin, but this might better be treated as a separate formation. It is laterally equivalent to the Shishugou Formation.

^ Maisch, Michael W.; Matzke, Andreas T. (October 2003). "Theropods (dinosauria, saurischia) from the middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation of the Southern Junggar Basin, NW China". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 77 (2): 281–292. Bibcode:2003PalZ...77..281M. doi:10.1007/BF03006942. ISSN 0031-0220. S2CID 129631182.
^ Wings, Oliver; Pfretzschner, Hans-Ulrich; Maisch, Michael W. (2007-01-01). "The first evidence of a stegosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang/China". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 243 (1): 113–118. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0113. ISSN 0077-7749.
^ Maisch, Michael W.; Matzke, Andreas T. (2019-01-01). "First record of a eusauropod (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Qigu-Formation (southern Junggar Basin, China), and a reconsideration of Late Jurassic sauropod diversity in Xinjiang". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 291 (1): 109–117. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2019/0792. ISSN 0077-7749. S2CID 135213577.
^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

[1] Maisch, Michael W.; Matzke, Andreas T. (October 2003). "Theropods (dinosauria, saurischia) from the middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation of the Southern Junggar Basin, NW China". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 77 (2): 281–292. Bibcode:2003PalZ...77..281M. doi:10.1007/BF03006942. ISSN 0031-0220. S2CID 129631182.

[2] Wings, Oliver; Pfretzschner, Hans-Ulrich; Maisch, Michael W. (2007-01-01). "The first evidence of a stegosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang/China". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 243 (1): 113–118. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0113. ISSN 0077-7749.

[3] Maisch, Michael W.; Matzke, Andreas T. (2019-01-01). "First record of a eusauropod (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Qigu-Formation (southern Junggar Basin, China), and a reconsideration of Late Jurassic sauropod diversity in Xinjiang". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 291 (1): 109–117. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2019/0792. ISSN 0077-7749. S2CID 135213577.

[dinosaurdistribution-4] Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

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