North Alashan desert, Ninghsia: Late/Upper Cretaceous, China
collected by Yuan 1932
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Psittacosaurus sp.
Osborn 1923
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Russell and Zhao 1996 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| skull | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Pinacosaurus ninghsiensis n. sp.
Young 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Pinacosaurus grangeri | ||||||||||
| IVPP uncat. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Ningxia |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 106.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.7° North, 96.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5-8 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,red poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a green and red soft sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Yuan | Collection dates: | 1932 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ningxia | ||
| Database number: | 62323 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-18 12:40:55 | Last modified: | 2021-05-03 12:32:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-18 12:40:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18019. | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1935. On a new nodosaurid from Ninghsia. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 11(1):1-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 64040 | V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2016. Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(5):385-444 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 64010 | Z.-W. Cheng. 1982. Páxíng lèi {Reptilia}. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Paleontology in the Guyang Coal-Bearing Basin, Inner Mongolia 123-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12466 | ETE | D. A. Russell and X.-J. Zhao. 1996. New psittacosaur occurrences in Inner Mongolia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33(4):637-648 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |