Nankang road cut (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Tianyusaurus referred specimens site

Where: Jiangxi, China (25.7° N, 114.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 108.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nanxiong Group, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• The Nanxiong Formation, or its equivalents, is found across several provinces in southeastern China and is represented by an extensive sequence of red bed mudstones, sandstones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Guangxi Natural History Museum

Primary reference: J. -Y. Mo, X. Xu, and S. E. Evans. 2010. The evolution of the lepidosaurian lower temporal bar: new perspectives from the Late Cretaceous of South China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 277:331-336 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114966: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 26.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Polyglyphanodontidae
Tianyusaurus zhengi
Tianyusaurus zhengi Lü et al. 2008 squamates
Guangxi Natural History Museum, Zoology Collection 8502, 9317, 9316
 Squamata -
Chianghsia nankangensis n. gen. n. sp.
Chianghsia nankangensis n. gen. n. sp. Mo et al. 2012 squamates
Holotype: NHMG 009318 (Nanning, Guangxi Province, China), a partial skull and lower jaws