Songping, Luanchuan (IVPP): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, China
collected 1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosaurus luanchuanensis n. sp.
Dong 1979
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5 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar | ||||||||||
teeth; NIGP V.4733 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Luanchuan |
Coordinates: | 33.9° North, 111.8° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° North, 102.0° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,red sandy mudstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | argillaceous,conglomeratic sandstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: "purplish-red, red and gray mudstones, and sandstones"..."The specimens were excavated from brown-red conglomerates bearing gravelly and muddy sandstones." | |||
Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1972 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Haoping, Qiupa | ||
Database number: | 49800 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-26 08:40:11 | Last modified: | 2021-06-02 12:18:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-26 08:40:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9256. | Z. Dong. 1979. Cretaceous dinosaurs of Hunan, China. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds of South China: Selected Papers from the "Cretaceous-Tertiary Workshop", Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology & Nanjing Institute of Paleontology (eds.), Science Press, Nanxiong, China 342-350 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
13360 | ETE | Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 1-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
38004 | X. Jiang, Y. Liu, S. Ji, X. Zhang, L. Xu, S. Jia, J., C. Yuan, and M. Li. 2011. Dinosaur-bearing strata and K/T boundary in the Luanchuan-Tantou Basin of western Henan Province, China. Science China: Earth Sciences 54(8):1149-1155 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |