Also known as Xixia Basin

Where: Henan, China (33.3° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 103.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Majiacun Formation, Middle Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• "The bed from which the fossil was recovered is in the mid-section of the formation, so although the formation spans the Late Coniacian through to the Late Santonian...the tooth is likely from the Middle Santonian"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone and calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

• XMDFEC V0010 and casts IVPP FV* 1786

Collection methods: Xixia Museum of Dinosaur Fossil Eggs of China collection

Primary reference: S.-q. Zhou and Z.-j. Feng. 2002. [Studies on the occurrence beds of Oölithus and their relations to the upper-lower boundarues in Henan province]. Resources Survey & Environment 23(1):68-76 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97943: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Oreska on 09.09.2010, edited by Matthew Carrano

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