Where: Xinjiang, China (42.9° N, 91.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 82.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Subashi Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
• "A complete egg (IVPP V 16860)....A bigger complete egg (IVPP V 16860. 2)"
Collected in the 1960s; reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: S.-K. Zhang and Q. Wang. 2010. [A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(1):71-75 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97944: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Oreska on 09.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ovaloolithus turpanensis n. sp.
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