Lixian, Jiangshan (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Zhejiang, China (28.6° N, 118.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 114.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• lower part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1977-1978

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. Tang, X.-M. Kang, Z.-S. Jin, F. Wei, and W.-T. Wu. 2001. A new sauropod dinosaur of Cretaceous from Jingshan, Zhejiang province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 39(4):272-281 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51234: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Jiangshanosaurus lixianensis n. gen. n. sp. Tang et al. 2001 sauropod