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
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 | |
Psittacosaurus sinensis n. sp.
Psittacosaurus sinensis n. sp. Young 1958 ceratopsian |