Liaoxisaurus chaoyangensis type locality: Aptian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Simoedosauridae
Liaoxisaurus chaoyangensis n. gen., n. sp. Gao et al. 2005
D2131 - holotype (incomplete skeleton with skull)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning
Coordinates: 41.6° North, 120.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° North, 120.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Jiufotang
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Chaoyang Basin, western Liaoning
Database number:142343
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-09 22:45:08 Last modified:2018-02-14 11:10:34
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-09 22:45:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46221. C. Gao, J. Lu, J. Liu and Q. Ji. 2005. New choristodera from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Chaoyang area, Liaoning China. Geological Review 51(6):694-697 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]