Jiuquan area: Aptian, China
collected 2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Jintasaurus meniscus n. gen., n. sp.
You and Li 2009
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| FRDC: GJ 06-2-52, articulated posterior portion of the skull | ||||||||||
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Xuwulong yueluni n. gen., n. sp.
You et al. 2011
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You et al. 2011 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| GSGM-F00001, articulated skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu | County: | Jinta |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 98.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° North, 98.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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
| Geological group: | Xinminbao | Formation: | Xiagou | Member: | Upper Gray Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "gray-variegated beds" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2006 |
| Collection method comments: "the field crew of the Fossil Research and Development Center (FRDC) of the Third Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration Academy of the Gansu Provincial Bureau of Geo-Exploration and Mineral Development excavated a dinosaur quarry in the Lower Cretaceous Xinminpu Group"; FRDC: GJ 06-2-52 in the Fossil Research and Development Center collection; GSGM-F00001: Gansu Geological Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 103990 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Oreska |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-04 08:29:41 | Last modified: | 2021-02-26 15:34:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-04 08:29:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35026. | ETE | H.-L. You and D.-Q. Li. 2009. A new basal hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:949-957 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska] |
Secondary references:
| 35029 | ETE | H. You, D. Li, and W. Liu. 2011. A new hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 85(1):51-57 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska] |
| 70223 | H. You, E. M. Morschhauser, D. Li and P. Dodson. 2019. Introducing the Mazongshan Dinosaur Fauna. In H. You, P. Dodson, & E. M. Morschhauser (eds.), Auroraceratops rugosus (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern Gansu Province, China. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 18. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(supplement):1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |