Shanyang Basin (general) (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (33.7° N, 109.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 100.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shanyang/Hongtuling Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: X. Xue, Y. Zhang, Y. Bi, L. Yue, and D.-K. Chen. 1996. The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane Basins in Eastern Part of the Qinling Mountains 1-181 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 178689: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.05.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
NWUV 1113, vertebrae
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Shantungosaurus cf. giganteus Hu 1973 hadrosaurine
NWUV 1114, partial skeleton
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
NWUV 1110, tooth