northwest of Tushan (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as P. sinensis type, Toushan

Where: Shandong, China (37.1° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 121.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Doushan Formation (Qingshan Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• = Chinshan/Chingshan Beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone

• "dark red clay"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by C.-C. Young in 1951, 1958; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shantung. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 42(16):1-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55473: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.10.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Psittacosaurus sinensis n. sp. Young 1958 ceratopsian