Delunshan, IVPP site 64047: Valanginian - Albian, China
collected 1964

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Psittacosaurus sp. Osborn 1923
1 specimen
IVPP 64047-3
    = Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Osborn 1923
Cheng 1982
Reptilia - Theropoda
Megalosauridae indet. (Fitzinger 1843)
1 specimen
IVPP 64047-2
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Carrano 2025
Reptilia - Pterosauria
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
1 specimen
IVPP 64047-1
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xinjiang
Coordinates: 46.1° North, 85.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 86.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:300 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
*Period:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Valanginian - Albian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tugulu
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection dates:1964
Metadata
Also known as:Dlunshan, Wuerho
Database number:28919
Authorizer:X. Wang, M. Carrano Enterer:X. Wang, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-03-03 15:57:01 Last modified:2022-02-18 14:11:24
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-03 15:57:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7931.5% 30560Z. Dong. 1973. [Vertebrate fossils from the Tugulu Series at Delun Mountain, Xiazijie]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:54 [X. Wang/X. Wang/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

14199ETE M. T. Carrano. 2025. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria. [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
64010 Z.-W. Cheng. 1982. Páxíng lèi {Reptilia}. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Paleontology in the Guyang Coal-Bearing Basin, Inner Mongolia 123-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]