The exceptionally preserved Early Cretaceous “Moqi Fauna” from eastern Inner Mongolia, China, and its age relationship with the Jehol Biota

A new fossil lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Inner Mongolia, China

“…Type locality and horizon. Gezidong locality, Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous County, Inner Mongolia, China; Moqi fossil bed, lower Aptian, Lower Cretaceous (118.9-119.2 Ma) (Yu et al 2022).…”

“…This decision is supported by the fact that although specimens of Liushusaurus and Moqisaurus are all from deposits in Inner Mongolia (a Chinese province), their localities are almost 1000 kms apart, and differ in age by 5-7 Ma. Liushusaurus is from the Yixian Formation, dated to the Barremian (124-125 Ma), and Moqisaurus is from the Moqi fossil bed, dated to the Aptian (118-119 Ma) (Yu et al 2022).…”