Xinrong, Datong (Jurassic of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (40.3° N, 113.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 116.0° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1973

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Lü and P. Hu. 1998. [Dinosaur remains from Datong Suburb, Shanxi Province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(3):252-256 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55297: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 06.10.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
cf. Torvosaurus sp. Galton and Jensen 1979 tetanuran theropod
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850 iguanodontid