White Ghost Castle: Aptian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Beishanlong grandis n. gen., n. sp.
Makovicky et al. 2010
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Makovicky et al. 2010 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| FRDC-GS GJ (06) 1-18, JB (07) 01-01 (9 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Xiongguanlong baimoensis n. gen., n. sp.
Li et al. 2009
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1 individual | |||||||||
| FRDC-GS JB16-2-1 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 98.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 98.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "grey mudstone"; "gray-variegated beds" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Yujingzi Basin | ||
| Database number: | 88840 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-04-22 14:36:50 | Last modified: | 2019-09-16 12:16:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-22 14:36:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29791. | ETE | D. Li, M. A. Norell, K.-Q. Gao, N. D. Smith, and P. J. Makovicky. 2009. A longirostrine tyrannosauroid from the Early Cretaceous of China. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 29792 | ETE | P. J. Makovicky, D. Li, K.-Q. Gao, M. Lewin, G. M. Erickson and M. A. Norell. 2010. A giant ornithomimosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277:191-198 [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] |