Also known as Xixia
Where: Henan, China (33.3° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 103.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Majiacun Formation, Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• dating of beds based on invertebrates
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: X. Xu, D.-Y. Wang, C. Sullivan, D. W. E. Hone, F.-L. Han, R.-H. Yan, and F.-M. Du. 2010. A basal parvicursorine (Theropoda: Alvarezsauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 2413:1-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94887: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Xixianykus zhangi n. gen. n. sp.
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