Auroraceratops type, Gongpoquan Basin: Early Albian, China
collected by Fossil Research and Development Center of Gongpoquan 2004
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Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Auroraceratops rugosus n. gen., n. sp.
You et al. 2005
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IG-2004-VD-001, nearly complete skull and jaws (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 97.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.5° North, 111.0° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113 - 109.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Xinminbao | Formation: | Zhonggou | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "late Early Cretaceous"
Zhang et al. 2015: The palynomorph assemblages contain a large number of biostratigraphically significant palynomorphs, such as numerically abundant tricolpate and rare polyaperturate angiosperm pollen grains, which indicate an Early Albian age for the Zhonggou Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "fluviolacustrine environment under a semiarid and subtropical climate" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Fossil Research and Development Center of Gongpoquan | Collection dates: | 2004 |
| Collection method comments: IG: Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 93191 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-07 05:12:32 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-07 05:12:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19841. | ETE | H. You, D. Li, Q. Ji, M. C. Lamanna, and P. Dodson. 2005. On a new genus of basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(5):593-597 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 70235 | E. M. Morschhauser, D. Li, H. You and P. Dodson. 2019. Cranial anatomy of the basal neoceratopsian Auroraceratops rugosus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) from the Yujingzi Basin, Gansu Province, China. 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):36-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |