Qikatai (IVPP) (Jurassic of China)

Also known as Qiketai, Turpan

Where: Xinjiang, China (43.0° N, 90.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 106.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kalaza Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• = Hongshan Formation, Karaza Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone and red, sandy mudstone

• red sandstone (fossiliferous) and brick-red sandy mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1964; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 1-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49793: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
cf. Szechuanosaurus campi Young 1942 theropod
 Saurischia -
Chiayusaurus lacustris Bohlin 1953 sauropod