North Fossil Point, Xiamiaotun (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Pinggan, Fusui, Napai Basin

Where: Guangxi, China (22.4° N, 108.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 116.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Xinlong Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2020

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. Ji, P. Zhang, and D. Lu. 2022. [New materials of the Early Cretaceous spinosaurid Theropoda teeth of Napai Basin Fusui County Guangxi]. Geological Bulletin of China 41(9):1509-1515 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228852: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Kizylkumemys sp.2 Nessov 1977 turtle
 Testudines - Adocidae
Shachemys sp.2 Kuznetsov 1976 turtle
 Ornithischia -
Napaisaurus guangxiensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Napaisaurus guangxiensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Ji and Zhang 2022 ornithopod
FS-20-007, 008
 Theropoda - Spinosauridae
Spinosaurinae indet. Sereno et al. 1998 tetanuran theropod
FS-20-069, 074, 106, 111, 115, 116, 120, 122, 134 (resemble "Type II Sianmosaurus" teeth)