Luanchuan Fauna，The Vertebrate Fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Qiupa Formation in Tantou Basin of Luanchuan area is located in the middle of the Late Cretaceous Vertebrate fauna of northern and southern East Asia, which was named as "Luanchuan Fauna "by Lu et al. (2008) at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP).In the recent decade, more vertebrate fossils from Luanchuan have been reported or studied, which has greatly enriched the diversity of Luan chuan Fauna. The vertebrate assemblage of Luanchuan Fauna is highly similar to those from the Ganzhou Basin of southern China and the Nemegt Basin of southern Mongolia, which are all dominated by theropod dinosaurs combined with other vertebrate animals. Luanchuan Fauna plays an important role in understading the palaeoecology and diversity, dinosaur evolution and influence of environmental changes to dinosaur migration and extinction of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur fauna of East Asia.
Dr. Lu Junchang took the initiative to publish this book and drafted the outline. Unfortunatelym he passed away on October 9th, 2018 due to overwork, so the draft was left unfinished. In 2020, his students Wei Xuefang, Shen Caizhi, Zhou Xuanyu and Ma Waisum decided to complete the book based on the outline and publish it to commemorate their teacher, passing down Dr. Lu's research spirit. Ms.Xu Li, the curator of Henan Natural History Museum, strongly supported and decided to finish the book together, paying the respects to his great contributions to paleontological research in Henan Province.
Contents
Chapter 1 Brief Introduction to Luanchun Fauna
1.1 Location
1.2 Research History
Chapter 2 Geological Background of Luanchuan Area
2.1 Tectonic Setting
2.2 Vertebrate Fossils Distribution
2.3 The Upper Cretaceous Qiupa Formation
2.3.1 Deposition
2.3.2 Era
Chapter 3 Significant Fossils of Luanchuan Fauna
3.1 Dinosaurs
3.1.1 Tyrannosaurus luanchuanensis
3.1.2 Luanchuanraptor henanensis
3.1.3 Qiupalong henanensis
3.1.4 Yulong mini
3.1.5 Qiupanykus zhangi
3.1.6 Ankylosauria
3.2 Lizards
3.2.1 Tianyusaurus zhengi
3.2.2 Funiusaurus luanchuanensis
3.3 Mammals
3.3.1 Yubaatar zhongyuanensis
3.3.2 Lotheridium mengi
3.4 Aves
3.5 Dinosaur eggs/eggshells
3.6 Ichnofossils
3.6.1 Palaeophycus tubularis
3.6.2 Beaconites autarcticus
3.6.3 Planolites ichnosp.1
3.6.4 Planolites ichnosp.2
3.6.5 Scoyenia gracilis
3.6.6 Skolithos ichnosp.
3.6.7 Rhizoliths
3.6.8 Comment
Chapter 4 Late Cretaceous Palaeoenvironment of Luanchuan Rea
4.1 Sedimentary Provenances
4.2 Sedimentary Environment of Qiupa Formation
4.3 Evolution of the Lower Cretaceous Palaeoenvironment of Tantou Basin
4.4 Paleoclimate of the Late Cretaceous Qiupa Formation
Epilogue
References
Appx. Record of Prof. Lu Junchang's Fieldwork in Luanchuan