Nanhuang #3 coal mine, Fuxin: Aptian - Albian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Amiot et al. 2011 1 specimen
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
? Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
1 specimen
IVPP V16746.1
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
? Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
3 specimens
IVPP V16745.1-3
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Amiot et al. 2011 4 specimens
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
4 specimens
IVPP V16743.8-11
Reptilia
cf. Incisivosaurus sp. Xu et al. 2002
3 specimens
IVPP V16742.2-3
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 121.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 118.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Aptian - Albian
Age range of interval:125.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Fuxin
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: coal
Secondary lithology:fine,gray argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Fusin
Database number:97423
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-07-26 14:33:50 Last modified:2010-07-26 17:33:50
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-26 14:33:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33215.ETE R. Amiot, N. Kusuhashi, X. Xu and Y. Wang. 2010. Isolated dinosaur teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations of northeastern China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 39:347-358 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

43669 R. Amiot, X. Wang, Z. Zhou, X. Wang, E. Buffetaut, C. Lécuyer, Z. Ding, F. Fluteau, T. Hibino, N. Kusuhashi, J. Mo, V. Suteethorn, Y. Wang, X. Xu, and F. Zhang. 2011. Oxygen isotopes of East Asian dinosaurs reveal exceptionally cold Early Cretaceous climates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(13):5179-5183 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]