Longling Town, Nankang (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Ganzhou

Where: Jiangxi, China (25.7° N, 114.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 108.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nanxiong Group, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone

• "red sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by ZMNH in 2011

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

• Collected from a building area - most of the specimens were destroyed during blasting

Primary reference: J. Lü, L. Yi, H. Zhong and X. Wei. 2013. A new somphospondylan sauropod (Dinosauria, Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):678-685 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147070: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.07.2013, edited by Matthew Carrano and Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Macroolithus sp.1 Zhao 1975 theropod
eggs associated with ZMNH M8829-A, B
 Theropoda -
Oviraptorosauria indet.1 Barsbold 1976 maniraptoran
ZMNH M8829-A (ES 475); ZMNH M8829-B (ES 369, 528) - skeleton with 2 eggs (1 internal, 1 external)
 Theropoda - Oviraptoridae
Nankangia jiangxiensis n. gen. n. sp.2, Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis n. gen. n. sp.5
Nankangia jiangxiensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Lü et al. 2013 maniraptoran
holotype (GMNH F10003) includes partial lower jaw, 5 dorsal vertebrae, 1-1/2 sacral vertebrae, 9 complete & 2 partial caudal vertebrae, both scapulocoracoids, incomplete furcula, nearly complete R humerus, complete R ilium, most of L ilium, complete R pubis and most of L pubis, complete R ischium & partial L ischium, both femora, R tibia, & some dorsal ribs
Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis n. gen. n. sp.5 Wei et al. 2013 maniraptoran
HGM41HIII0421
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
"Qianzhousaurus sinensis n. gen. n. sp." = Alioramus sinensis3
"Qianzhousaurus sinensis n. gen. n. sp." = Alioramus sinensis3 Lü et al. 2014 tyrannosaurine
nearly complete skull w/most of L lower jaw (GM F10004-1); 9 cervical vertebrae (GM F10004-2); 3 anterior dorsal vertebrae (GM F10004-3); 18 middle posterior caudal vertebrae (GM F10004-4); complete R scapulocoracoid (GM F10004-5); part of L scapulocoracoid (GM F10004-6); both partial ilia, L femur & L tibia, L partial fibula, L astr
 Saurischia -
Gannansaurus sinensis n. gen. n. sp.
Gannansaurus sinensis n. gen. n. sp. Lü et al. 2013 sauropod
GMNH F10001-1 and -2 - holotype (posterior dorsal vertebra and middle caudal vertebra)
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis4 Tong and Mo 2010 turtle
JXGZ(2012)-178-182