Ban Tâng Vai 2 (Cretaceous to of Laos)

Also known as Tang Vay 2

Where: Savannakhet, Laos (16.4° N, 105.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 112.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Grès supérieurs Formation (Indosinias Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; red siltstone and red mudstone

• "red siltstones and mudstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in the 1990s

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. Allain, P. Taquet, B. Battail, J. Dejax, P. Richir, M. Véran, F. Limon-Duparcmeur, R. Vacant, O. Mateus, P. Sayarath, B. Khenthavong and S. Phouyavong. 1999. Un nouveau genre de dinosaure sauropode de la formation des Grès supérieurs (Aptien-Albien) du Laos [A new genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Grès supérieurs Formation (Aptian-Albian) of Laos]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 329:609-616 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45091: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Euhelopodidae
Tangvayosaurus hoffeti n. gen. n. sp.
Tangvayosaurus hoffeti n. gen. n. sp. Allain et al. 1999 euhelopodid