Also known as Sino-Swedish Expedition

Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.4° N, 103.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 92.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulansuhai Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• "The red sediments in this area likely belong to the Ulansuhai Formation, and are constrained by radiometric dates to the Late Cretaceous, post ~92 Ma (Kobayashi et al. 2003)." - Evans et al. (2021). Collection was previously recorded as part of the Minhe Formation (E. Dunne)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bexell in 1930

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

• "Gerhard Bexell found the holotype and only known specimen of Sinocephale bexelli between August 1930 and May 1931 as part of the Sino-Swedish Palaeontological Expeditions." - Evans et al. (2021)

Primary reference: B. Bohlin. 1953. VI. Vertebrate Palaeontology 6. Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-western Provinces of China under Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. The Sino-Swedish Expedition Publication 37:1-113 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50733: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.05.2005

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