Where: Xinjiang, China (46.0° N, 85.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.2° N, 99.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lianmuqin Formation (Tugulu Group), Valanginian to Valanginian (137.1 - 100.5 Ma)
• lower part of formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, sandy mudstone and gray, green sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1964; reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: Z. Dong. 1973. [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49047: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.04.2005, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Wuerhosaurus homheni Dong 1973 ornithischian | |
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cf. Asiatosaurus mongoliensis Osborn 1924 sauropod | |
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Camarasauridae indet. Cope 1877 camarasaurid | |
Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis n. gen. n. sp., Tugulusaurus faciles n. gen. n. sp.
Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis n. gen. n. sp. Dong 1973 tetanuran theropod
Tugulusaurus faciles n. gen. n. sp. Dong 1973 coelurosaur | |
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cf. Pantrionychia indet.1 Joyce et al. 2004 turtle IVPP V4074.17, a poorly preserved skull in dorsal aspect
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Sinemys wuerhoensis n. sp.2
Sinemys wuerhoensis n. sp.2 Yeh 1973 turtle Holotype (IVPP V.4704). Originally, a series of specimens in a slab (IVPP V.4074 and 4074.1–14) were reported (Yeh 1973) of these, only the holotype of Sinemys wuerhoensis was retained in the taxon (as Xinjiangchelys sp.) by Danilov & Parham (2007)
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Ordosemys brinkmania n. gen. n. sp.1
Ordosemys brinkmania n. gen. n. sp.1 Danilov and Parham 2007 turtle Holotype IVPP V4074.4, a shell in ventral aspect on a slab; and V4074.1, shell in ventral aspect; V4074.3, shell in dorsal aspect (partially visible on the other side); V4074.8 isolated skull; IVPP V4074.14 and V4074.15, poorly preserved shells that may be associated with skulls IVPP V4074.16 or V4074.18; IVPP V4074.16 and V4074.18, skulls in dorsal view; IVPP V4074.19, posterior part of shell in ventral view (partially visible on the other side)
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