Madigou Quarry, Chengde: Berriasian, China
collected by C.-C. Young; R. Forman, R. Huang, J. Guo, J. You 1960, 1979, 1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Koreanaornipodidae
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Aquatilavipes sp.
Currie 1981
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Matsukawa et al. 2006 | 8 individuals | ||||||||
| incl. STM 55-7 | ||||||||||
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= Koreanaornis sp.
Kim 1969
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Xing et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Velociraptorichnus sp.
Zhen et al. 1994
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Xing et al. 2020 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| MDG-24, 25; CMR-20, 35 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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cf. Eubrontes sp.
Hitchcock 1845
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Xing et al. 2020 | 84 specimens | ||||||||
| "morphotype A" | ||||||||||
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cf. Grallator sp.
Hitchcock 1858
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Xing et al. 2020 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
| "morphotype B" | ||||||||||
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Jeholosauripus ssatoi
Yabe et al. 1940
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Grallator ssatoi | ||||||||||
| IVPP V2474 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hypsilophodontidae
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Hypsilophodontidae indet.
Dollo 1882
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Matsukawa et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Sauropoda indet.
(Marsh 1878)
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Xing et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CMR-5 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Diplocraterion parallelum
Torelll 1870
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Xing et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Diplichnites gouldi
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Xing et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Psammichnites sp.
Torell 1870
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Xing et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Hebei | County: | Chengde |
| Coordinates: | 40.9° North, 118.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° North, 120.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 323 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Houcheng | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally attributed to an unnamed "Rhaetic-Lias" formation, also assigned to Third Member of Tuchengzi Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,tuffaceous,gray calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "tuffaceous sandstone"; "purple-gray tuff sandstones"; "calcareous coarse sandstone with occasionally small pebbles" | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "a shallow, quiet, sand flat or shallow lake and/or flood plain" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C.-C. Young; R. Forman, R. Huang, J. Guo, J. You | Collection dates: | 1960, 1979, 1992 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chengde Summer Palace, Chengde Mountain Resort, Liugou, Liukou, Chengte | ||
| Database number: | 52850 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-24 06:17:31 | Last modified: | 2023-01-05 16:10:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-24 06:17:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24220. | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1960. Fossil footprints from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(2):53-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 83581 | Z.-w. Cheng. 1984. Chordata. Reptilia. Palaeontological Atlas of North China. II. Mesozoic Volume 204-223 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 16852 | ETE | M. Matsukawa, M. G. Lockley, and J. Li. 2006. Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27(1):3-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 76726 | L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, T. Du, L. Zhang, H. Klein, A. Romilio, W. S. Persons, K. Wang, Z. Li and X. Wan. 2020. Dinosaur tracks from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary Tuchengzi Formation (Hebei Province, China) used as building stones in the Chengde imperial summer resort: age, ichnology, and . Cretaceous Research 107 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14230 | ETE | S. Zhen, J. Li, C. Rao, N. J. Mateer, and M. G. Lockley. 1989. A review of dinosaur footprints in China. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 187-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |