Xinqiu (Hsinchiu) coal mine: Aptian - Albian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Teilhardosaurus carbonarius n. gen., n. sp. Shikama 1947
1 individual
Mammalia
Endotherium niinomii n. gen., n. sp. Shikama 1947
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 121.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 119.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Aptian - Albian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fuxin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 'Husin coal-bearing beds'
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: coal
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Shale interbedding subordinate sandstone and conglomerate, and about 15 or 16 workable coal seams. Molluscs, reptile and mammal to be described below, and numerous plant found in the shale and coal. 600-1200 m
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: 'Museum of Natural Resources of South Manchuria' in Dairen [now Dalian]
Metadata
Also known as:'Husin' coalfield
Database number:115165
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-08-30 02:59:02 Last modified:2018-06-08 08:53:37
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-30 02:59:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37299. T. Shikama. 1947. Teilhardosaurus and Endotherium, new Jurassic Reptilia and Mammalia from the Husin coal-field, south Manchuria. Proceedings of the Japan Academy 23(7):76-84 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

65865 Y.-Q. Wang, N. Kusuhashi, X. Jin, C.-K. Li, T. Setoguchi, C.-L. Gao, and J.-Y. Liu. 2018. Reappraisal of Endotherium niinomii Shikama, 1947, a eutherian mammal from the Lower Cretaceous Fuxin Formation, Fuxin-Jinzhou Basin, Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]