0.6 mi. northeast of Tianqiaotun (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as T'ien Ch'iao T'un, Tienchiaotun

Where: Shandong, China (36.9° N, 120.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 110.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, red sandstone

• fossils in matrix of "red fine sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T'an in 1923

• Uppsala/Geol. Survey China

Primary reference: H. C. T'an. 1923. New research on the Mesozoic and early Tertiary geology in Shantung. Geological Survey of China Bulletin 5:95-135 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62414: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.07.2006, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
 Saurischia - Euhelopodidae
Erketu sp.
Erketu sp. Ksepka and Norell 2006 euhelopodid
PMU 24707, cervical vertebra