YD013, Yudu Basin (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Jiangxi, China (25.9° N, 115.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 111.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Second Member (Zhoutian Formation), Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; massive, red, sandy, calcareous siltstone

• calcareous siltstone; brick-red, sandy composition, massive structure, 2.5–6 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. Yu, X. Fan, and L. Zong. 2020. [Distribution of dinosaur egg fossils and occurrence stratigraphic characteristics of Yudu Basin, Southern Jiangxi]. East China Geology 41(4):396-402 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 218862: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.03.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
eggs