Napai ornithopod site [PROXY]: Aptian, China
collected by Napai Brigade villagers 1975
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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| "primitive member" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guangxi |
| Coordinates: | 22.3° North, 108.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.0° North, 116.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 177 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Xinlong | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Originally referred to the Napai Formation, but now considered the Xinlong Formation (Mo et al. 2016) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Napai Brigade villagers | Collection dates: | 1975 |
| Collection method comments: discovered & collected by villagers of the Napai Brigade | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Napan | ||
| Database number: | 58447 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-07 06:31:03 | Last modified: | 2023-01-13 11:26:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-07 06:31:03 |
| 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] |