South of Shisanjianfang (Cretaceous to of China)

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
 Ornithischia - Ovaloolithidae
Ovaloolithus turpanensis n. sp. Zhang and Wang 2010 ornithopod
eggs IVPP V 16860; IVPP V 16860. 2