Longgujian Quarry (loc. 090414) (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Chucheng, Zhucheng, Kugou, Lungkuchian gully, Konglongjian

Where: Shandong, China (36.0° N, 119.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 109.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hongtuya Formation (Wangshi Group), Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green, conglomeratic sandstone

• lake shore or river bed
• "A layer of greyish green conglomeratic sandstone between red rocky strata"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1964

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

Primary reference: C.-C. Hu. 1973. [A new hadrosaur from the Cretaceous of Chucheng, Shantung]. Acta Geologica Sinica 1973(2):179-206 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57178: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 08.12.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Shantungosaurus giganteus n. gen. n. sp.
Shantungosaurus giganteus n. gen. n. sp. Hu 1973 hadrosaurine
GMV V.1780-1
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis n. sp.
Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis n. sp. Hu et al. 2001 tyrannosaurine
GMC V286, V288, V1174, V1773, V1777