Where: Gansu, China (41.6° N, 97.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 94.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhonggou Formation (Xinminbao Group), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• "late Early Cretaceous"

•Zhang et al. 2015: The palynomorph assemblages contain a large number of biostratigraphically significant palynomorphs, such as numerically abundant tricolpate and rare polyaperturate angiosperm pollen grains, which indicate an Early Albian age for the Zhonggou Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Fossil Research and Development Center of Gongpoquan in 2004

Collection methods: quarrying,

• IG: Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing

Primary reference: H. You, D. Li, Q. Ji, M. C. Lamanna, and P. Dodson. 2005. On a new genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(5):593-597 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93191: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 07.01.2010

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