Also known as Erlian, site M
Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.7° N, 112.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 100.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Iren Dabasu Formation, Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• The Iren Dabasu Formation is Middle–Late Campanian according to Xing et al. 2012
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by SCDP in 1988
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: P. J. Currie and D. A. Eberth. 1993. Palaeontology, sedimentology and palaeoecology of the Iren Dabasu Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Cretaceous Research 14:127-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49365: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Paraspheroolithes irenensis" = Spheroolithus irenensis
"Paraspheroolithes irenensis" = Spheroolithus irenensis Chao and Chiang 1974 ornithopod nests with about 23 eggs each
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