Where: Xinjiang, China (44.8° N, 90.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 102.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Shishugou Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• found in upper 30 m of formation; lower part of Shishugou = Wuciawan of some workers

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by X. Zhao & CCDP in 1981-1984; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• discoverd by Zhao while working for Petroleum Stratigraphic Team of Xinjiang Petroleum Bureau from Karamay, in 1981

Primary reference: Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 1-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46878: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.01.2005

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