Where: Hebei, China (40.8° N, 117.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 120.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Houcheng Formation, Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 139.8 Ma)
• argue against use of Tuchengzi for layer in Hebei prov.; lower part of formation, bracketed by beds dated at 152.57 ± 0.34 Ma and 135 Ma.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; coarse-grained sandstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collected by C. Han in 2007; reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
Primary reference: C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, T. D. Cope, Y. Liu, and J. Liu. 2009. A new occurrence of small theropod tracks in the Houcheng (Tuchengzi) Formation of Hebei Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(1):35-52 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89053: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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