Songgou, Zhangying: Coniacian - Campanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Xixiasaurus henanensis n. gen., n. sp. Lü et al. 2010
1 individual
HGM 41III-0201
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Henan County:Xixia
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 111.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.6° North, 103.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Coniacian - Campanian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Majiacun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lowr-middle part of formation (Coniacian-Santonian??)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: based on observations of photographs in published paper
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:101070
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-16 07:03:42 Last modified:2010-12-15 14:04:33
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-16 07:03:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34521.ETE J. Lü, L. Xu, Y. Liu, X. Zhang, S. Jia, and Q. Ji. 2010. A new troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of central China, and the radiation of Asian troodontids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55(3):381-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]