Beipiao ankylosaur site (PROXY): Cenomanian - Turonian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Crichtonsaurus benxiensis n. sp.
Lü et al. 2007
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Crichtonpelta benxiensis | ||||||||||
| BXGM V0012, V0012-1; 41HM-0010 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning | County: | Beipiao |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 120.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 112.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 205 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian - Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sunjiawan |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91201 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-10 20:05:59 | Last modified: | 2021-05-03 12:27:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-10 20:05:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30689. | ETE | J. Lü, Q. Ji, Y. Gao and Z. Li. 2007. A new species of the ankylosaurid dinosaur Crichtonsaurus (Ankylosauridae: Ankylosauria) from the Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(6):883-897 [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] |