Sikou tracksite: Aptian, China
collected by T. Shikama 1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Jeholosauripus ssatoi
Yabe et al. 1940
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| recombined as Grallator ssatoi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning |
| Coordinates: | 41.2° North, 120.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° North, 120.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 80 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green lithified conglomeratic sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous,gray,blue "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Green, hard, compact sandstone, about 2 m thick, conglomeratic in its upper 0.5-2 cm part. The footprints are preserved on the upper surface of this bed. Above, alternation of grey to blue tuf and tuffaceous shale, thin bedded, 7 m thick layer." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Shikama | Collection dates: | 1941 |
| Collection method comments: over 4,000 footprints | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 54003 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-21 10:11:09 | Last modified: | 2018-02-12 15:16:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-21 10:11:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64687. | M. Noda and T. Shikama. 1941. Netsuka osore ryū no ashiato kaseki ni tsuite [On the fossil footprints of Fukui dragons]. Kagaku (Science) 11(12):474-478 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 14594 | ETE | T. Shikama. 1942. Footprints from Chinchou, Manchoukuo, of Jeholosauripus, the Eo-mesozoic dinosaur. Bulletin of the Central National Museum of Manchoukuo 3:21-31 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |