Asphaltite tracksite, Karamay: Valanginian - Albian, China
collected by J. An
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| MGCM.A1a, b; 2a, b; 3; 4a–f; 5c; 6 | ||||||||||
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? Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| MGCM.A1c, 2c, 4g, and 5b | ||||||||||
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? Jialingpus sp.
Zhen et al. 1983
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MGCM.A5a | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Pteraichnidae
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? Pteraichnus sp.
Stokes 1957
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MGCM.A7 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 46.1° North, 85.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 86.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian - Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 - Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Valanginian - Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.8 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandy mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray,green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "At the asphaltite tracksite, a succession of fourteen layers with grey sandy mudstones and light green-grey sandstones bordering the mined asphaltite has been documented. The footprints occur at the interface of the first and second layer." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | J. An |
| Collection method comments: discovered by Mr. Jianfu An, the curator of Moguicheng Dinosaur and Bizarre Stone Museum | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Urho, Wuerho, Wuerhe | ||
| Database number: | 224368 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-02-22 15:08:54 | Last modified: | 2024-10-29 13:08:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-02-22 15:08:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 80125. | L.-D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, J.-P. Zhang, Q. He, J. D. Divay, L.-Q. Qi and C.-K. Jia. 2013. Dinosaur, bird and pterosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerhe asphaltite area, Xinjiang, China, with notes on overlapping track relationships. Palaeoworld 22(1-2):42-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 79876 | M. G. Lockley, L. Xing, J. Y. Kim and M. Matsukawa. 2014. Tracking Lower Cretaceous Dinosaurs in China: a new database for comparison with ichnofaunal data from Korea, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113:770-789 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 80139 | L. D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, G. D. Gierlinski, J. D. Divay, S. M. Hu, J. P. Zhang, Y. Ye, and Y. P. He. 2014. The non-avian theropod track Jialingpus from the Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, China, with a revision of the type material: implications for ichnotaxonomy and trackmaker morphology. Palaeoworld 23(2):187-199 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 89712 | D. Zheng, S. Chang, J. Ramezani, X. Xu, H. Xu, H. Wang, R. Pei, Y. Fang, J. Wang, B. Wang, and H. Zhang. 2024. Calibrating the Early Cretaceous Urho Pterosaur Fauna in Junggar Basin and implications for the evolution of the Jehol Biota. GSA Bulletin 136(1/2):765–773 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |