Baidian Village (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Dongyangosaurus sinensis type locality

Where: Zhejiang, China (29.3° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 115.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jinhua Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)

• Originally referred to the Fangyan Formation, but since assigned to the Jinhua Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red sandstone

• Brown-red pelitic siltstones with calcite veins. The bed is nearly horizontal.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2007

Primary reference: J. Lü, Y. Azuma, R. Chen, W. Zheng, and X. Jin. 2008. A new titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Late Cretaceous of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 82(2):225-235 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117978: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Dongyangosaurus sinensis n. gen. n. sp.
Dongyangosaurus sinensis n. gen. n. sp. Lü et al. 2008 sauropod
DYM 04888 - holotype (10 posterior dorsal vertebrae, sacrum, first two caudal vertebrae, dorsal ribs, ilia, pubis and ischium)