Yuanjitun, Cangling tracksite 2 (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Yuanjiatun 2

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: Luozuomei Member (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; red sandstone

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 60488: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
"Chuxiongpus sp." = Brontopodus
"Chuxiongpus sp." = Brontopodus Farlow et al. 1989 sauropod
tracks