Wuerho, IVPP site 64044: Late/Upper Aptian - Albian, China
collected 1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dsungaripteridae
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Noripterus complicidens
Young 1973
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Young 1973 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Xinjiangchelyidae
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Sinemys wuerhoensis
Yeh 1973
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Yeh 1973 | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Xinjiangchelys | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 46.1° North, 85.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 81.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 311 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian - Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandy mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray,green sandstone |
| Lithology description: "gray sandy mudstones and light green-gray sandstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1964 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49818 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-27 08:25:52 | Last modified: | 2021-02-02 13:02:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-27 08:25:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13385. | ETE | Z. Dong. 1973. [Cretaceous stratigraphy of Wuerho district, Dsungar Basin]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:1-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13381 | ETE | H.-K. Yeh. 1973. [Chelonia fossils from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 11:8-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 13383 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1973. [Pterosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 11:18-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |