Also known as Liudian
Where: Henan, China (34.1° N, 112.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 112.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Haoling Formation, Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Early late Cretaceous "from a site close to the new fossil locality"; "upper series"
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•Previously assigned to the Mangchuan Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
• Nearly complete posterior dorsal vertebra, nearly complete posterior cervical vertebra, possible incomplete posterior cervical vertebra, posterior cervical rib, anterior dorsal rib, complete right tibia, proximal portion of right femur
Collection methods: Henan Geological Museum collection
Primary reference: J.-c. Lü, L. Xu, S.-h. Jia, X.-l. Zhang, J.-m. Zhang, L.-l. Yang, H.-l. You and Q. Ji. 2009. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China. Geological Bulletin of China 28(1):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95795: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ruyangosaurus giganteus n. gen. n. sp.
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