Also known as Nanshiungosaurus type site
Where: Guangdong, China (23.5° N, 114.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 109.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Yuanpu Formation (Nanxiong Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• ? correlated with Nanxiong Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: Z. Dong. 1979. Cretaceous dinosaurs of Hunan, China. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds of South China: Selected Papers from the "Cretaceous-Tertiary Workshop", Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology & Nanjing Institute of Paleontology (eds.), Science Press, Nanxiong, China 342-350 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58448: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus n. gen. n. sp.
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