Fangjiahe, Yuanjitun tracksite (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Yuanjiatun

Where: Yunnan, China (25.0° N, 101.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 100.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jiangdihe Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 86.3 Ma)

• lower part of the Jiangdihe Formation; probably Turonian or Turonian-?Coniacian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. G. Lockley, J. L. Wright, D. White, M. Matsukawa, J. Li, L. Feng, and H. Li. 2002. The first sauropod footprints from China. Cretaceous Research 23:363-381 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60487: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
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Yunnanpus huangcaoensis n. gen. n. sp.
Yunnanpus huangcaoensis n. gen. n. sp. Chen and Huang 1993 dinosaur