Dapingcun, IVPP Loc. 74015 (Cretaceous of China)

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

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Therizinosauridae
Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus n. gen. n. sp. Dong 1979 coelurosaur
IVPP V4731