Shangang, Chongren (IVPP): Maastrichtian, China
collected 1973
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Titanosaurinae indet.
Lydekker 1893
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1 individual | |||||||||
| articulated caudals; also compared to therizinosaurs | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Jiangxi | County: | Chongren |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° North, 116.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.9° North, 108.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 67 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Nanxiong |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "coarse calcareous sandstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1973 |
| Collection method comments: discovered by villagers, who informed the IVPP Red Bed Survey | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shanggang | ||
| Database number: | 58443 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-07 06:10:30 | Last modified: | 2021-03-26 09:48:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-07 06:10:30 |
| 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] |