IVPP 9207-20, Mazongshan: Early/Lower Albian, China
collected 1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Archaeoceratops oshimai n. gen., n. sp.
Dong and Azuma 1997
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 97.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.9° North, 93.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 1400 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Xinminbao | Formation: | Zhonggou | Member: | Lower Red Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: = Xinminpu Group; orig. Digou Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray,red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red-gray fine-grained sediments" | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1992 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45169 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-08 13:58:33 | Last modified: | 2019-09-16 12:26:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-08 13:58:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11761. | Z. Dong. 1997. On the crocodiles from the Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China. In Z. Dong (ed.), Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition. China Ocean Press, Beijing 11-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 11827 | F. Tang, Z.-X. Luo, Z. Zhou, H.-L. You, J. A. Georgi, Z.-L. Tang, and X.-L. Wang. 2001. Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the dinosaur-bearing sediments in Lower Cretaceous of Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China. Cretaceous Research 22(1):115-129 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 9500 | H.-L. You and P. Dodson. 2003. Redescription of neoceratopsian dinosaur Archaeoceratops and early evolution of Neoceratopsia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2):261-272 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |