Also known as Paralligator sungaricus type locality
Where: Jilin, China (44.5° N, 125.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 113.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Nenjiang Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• probably from the upper part of the formation; age based on Chen (2003)
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•Upper four members of Nenjiang formation yield an early Campanian age based on biostratigraphy (Wan et al. 2013) and U-Pb zircon analyses (Yu et al. 2019)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, green mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: A.-L. Sun. 1958. A new species of Paralligator from Sungarian Plain. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(4):277-280 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116157: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Paralligator sungaricus n. sp.
Paralligator sungaricus n. sp. Sun 1958 crocodilian IVPP V2302 - type (Dorsal vertebrae, dorsal scutes, proximal and distal portions of a left femur, proximal part of left tibia and left fibula)
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