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.

The mass accumulation of Jurassic freshwater turtle fossils belonging to the genus Annemys, discovered in 2009 at a site nicknamed "Mesa Chelonia" in Shanshan County, Xinjiang is thought to likely belong to the Qigu Formation, though it belongs to the strata of the Turpan Basin.

[5][6] Remains of indeterminate dinosaurs, including ankylosaurs, metriacanthosaurids, and dromaeosaurids are known from the formation.

[7][8][9] The remains of indeterminate rhamphorhynchid pterosaurs have been recovered from the formation.