Where: Gansu, China (39.9° N, 98.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 99.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Xiagou Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• = Xinminpu Group
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; gray, white shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1999
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: D. Li, C. Peng, H. You, M. C. Lamanna, J. D. Harris, K. J. Lacovara, and J. Zhang. 2007. A large therizinosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):539-549 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76900: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Suzhousaurus megatherioides n. gen. n. sp.
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