Gobititan type, Mazongshan (IVPP): Early/Lower Albian, China
collected by SAMDP 1997
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Gobititan shenzhouensis n. gen., n. sp.
You et al. 2003
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IVPP 12579 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu |
| Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 97.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 93.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 1400 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Xinminbao | Formation: | Zhonggou | Member: | Upper Gray Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "middle gray unit"; = Xinminpu Group; orig. Digou Fm.
Zhang et al. 2015: The palynomorph assemblages contain a large number of biostratigraphically significant palynomorphs, such as numerically abundant tricolpate and rare polyaperturate angiosperm pollen grains, which indicate an Early Albian age for the Zhonggou Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "gray beds" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
| Collectors: | SAMDP | Collection dates: | 1997 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sino-American Mazongshan DInosaur Project | ||
| Database number: | 64019 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-29 14:28:28 | Last modified: | 2022-05-12 04:53:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-29 14:28:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18462. | ETE | H. You, F. Tang, and Z. Luo. 2003. A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 77(4):424-429 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 70223 | H. You, E. M. Morschhauser, D. Li and P. Dodson. 2019. Introducing the Mazongshan Dinosaur Fauna. In H. You, P. Dodson, & E. M. Morschhauser (eds.), Auroraceratops rugosus (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern Gansu Province, China. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 18. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(supplement):1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |