west bank, Tuanhe River: Early Turonian - Middle Campanian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Mosaiceratops azumai n. gen., n. sp.
Zheng et al. 2015
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1 individual | |||||||||
| ZMNH M8856, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Neixiang |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 112.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.7° North, 111.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian - Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 - Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early Turonian - Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.9 - 72.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Xiaguan |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Xiaguan-Gaoqiu | ||
| Database number: | 173373 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | E. Tasimov | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-09-21 14:50:42 | Last modified: | 2025-03-03 11:21:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-21 14:50:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56452. | W. Zheng, X. Jin, and X. Xu. 2015. A psittacosaurid-like basal neoceratopsian from the Upper Cretaceous of central China and its implications for basal ceratopsian evolution. Scientific Reports 5:14190:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |