Also known as Xingfu
Where: Jiangxi, China (25.8° N, 114.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 112.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zhoutian Formation (Ganzhou Group), Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)
• upper part of the Zhoutian Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Jiangxi Geological Survey and Exploration Institute and the Jiangxi Geological Museum in 2021
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. Han, L. Yang, F. Lou, C. Sullivan, X. Xu, W. Qiu, H. Liu, J. Yu, R. Wu, Y. Ke, M. Xu, J. Huban, and P. Lu. 2024. A new titanosaurian sauropod, Gandititan cavocaudatus gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of southern China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2293038 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 233182: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.01.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gandititan cavocaudatus n. gen. n. sp.
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