Libalang Valley - Er Valley (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Dongbetitan type

Where: Liaoning, China (41.8° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 122.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jianshangou Member (Yixian Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2006

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: X. Wang, H. You, Q. Meng, C. Gao, X. Cheng and J. Liu. 2007. Dongbeititan dongi, the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(6):911-916 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91199: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
LDRCv2 (tooth embedded in D. dongi rib)
 Saurischia -
Dongbetitan dongi n. gen. n. sp.
Dongbetitan dongi n. gen. n. sp. Wang et al. 2007 sauropod
Dalian Nat Hist Mus D2867