Dapingcun, IVPP Loc. 74015: Maastrichtian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Therizinosauridae
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Nanshiungosaurus brevispinus n. gen., n. sp.
Dong 1979
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IVPP V4731 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guangdong |
| Coordinates: | 23.5° North, 114.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.6° North, 109.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 96 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Nanshiungosaurus type site | ||
| Database number: | 58448 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-07 06:59:35 | Last modified: | 2022-03-23 14:35:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-07 06:59:35 |
| 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:
| 80958 | L. E. Zanno. 2010. A taxonomic and phylogenetic re-evaluation of Therizinosauria (Dinosauria: Maniraptora). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(4):503-543 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |