Where: Gansu, China (41.5° N, 98.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 94.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhonggou Formation (Xinminbao Group), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• unnamed lowermost part of group; = Xinminpu Group

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, gray, red sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1992; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: Z. Dong. 1997. On the sauropods from the Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China. In Z. Dong (ed.), Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition. China Ocean Press, Beijing 19-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45167: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.10.2004

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