Also known as Datong
Where: Shanxi, China (40.0° N, 112.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 104.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zhumapu Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 83.6 Ma)
• lower part of formation, "early Late Cretaceous"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2011
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: R.-F. Wang, H.-L. You, S.-C. Xu, S.-Z. Wang, J. Yi, L.-J. Xie, L. Jia and Y.-X. Li. 2013. A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, China. PLoS ONE 8(10):e77058:1-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151952: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.10.2013, edited by Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Yunganglong datongensis n. gen. n. sp., Zuoyunlong huangi n. gen. n. sp.
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