Songping, Luanchuan (IVPP): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, China
collected 1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosaurus luanchuanensis n. sp.
Dong 1979
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar | ||||||||||
| teeth; NIGP V.4733 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Luanchuan |
| Coordinates: | 33.9° North, 111.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° North, 102.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,red sandy mudstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous,conglomeratic sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "purplish-red, red and gray mudstones, and sandstones"..."The specimens were excavated from brown-red conglomerates bearing gravelly and muddy sandstones." | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1972 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Haoping, Qiupa | ||
| Database number: | 49800 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-26 08:40:11 | Last modified: | 2021-06-02 12:18:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-26 08:40:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9256. | Z. Dong. 1979. Cretaceous dinosaurs of Hunan, China. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds of South China: Selected Papers from the "Cretaceous-Tertiary Workshop", Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology & Nanjing Institute of Paleontology (eds.), Science Press, Nanxiong, China 342-350 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13360 | ETE | Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 1-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 38004 | X. Jiang, Y. Liu, S. Ji, X. Zhang, L. Xu, S. Jia, J., C. Yuan, and M. Li. 2011. Dinosaur-bearing strata and K/T boundary in the Luanchuan-Tantou Basin of western Henan Province, China. Science China: Earth Sciences 54(8):1149-1155 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |