Wangdian village egg site: Late/Upper Cretaceous, China
collected 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Phaceloolithidae
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Dendroolithus wangdianensis n. gen., n. sp.
Zhao and Li 1988
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Hubei | County: | Anlu |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 120.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 113.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 7 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5-8 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Gallic - Late/Upper Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Cenomanian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gong-An-Zhai |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1981 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 28226 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-01-30 19:55:02 | Last modified: | 2009-01-12 22:37:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-01-30 19:55:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7720. | 5% 21500 | Z. Zhao and Z. Li. 1988. A new structural type of the dinosaur eggs from Anlu County, Hubei Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 26(2):107-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14221 | ETE | K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |