CGN Section, Nanxiong (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (25.1° N, 114.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 108.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pingling Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: chemical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Z. Zhao, J. Ye, H. Li, Z. Zhao, and Z. Yan. 1991. Extinction of the dinosaurs across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(1):1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68396: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Macroolithus yaotunensis Zhao 1975 theropod
Macroolithus rugustus Young 1965 theropod
Elongatoolithus elongatus Young 1954 theropod
Elongatoolithus andrewsi Zhao 1975 theropod
  - Stalicoolithidae
Shixingoolithus erbeni Zhao et al. 1991 dinosaur