Houzhuang village, Xiaguan Basin (IVPP): Early Turonian - Middle Campanian, China
collected 1975-1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| footprint | ||||||||||
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= ? Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Matsukawa et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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= Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Xing et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Nanyangosaurus zhugeii n. gen., n. sp.
Xu et al. 2000
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Xu et al. 2000 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| IVPP V11821 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ovaloolithidae
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Ovaloolithus sp.
Zhao 1979
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Liang et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheroolithidae
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Paraspheroolithus sp.
Zhao 1979
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Liang et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Youngoolithidae
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Youngoolithus xiaguanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Zhao 1979
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| IVPP V5783; 1 clutch with 16 eggs (field no. 75029) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
(Marsh 1878)
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Liang et al. 2009 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Neixiang |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 112.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 104.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 260 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian - Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 - Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early Turonian - Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.9 - 72.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Majiacun | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Possibly Albian; also listed as "lower part of the Xiaguan Formation (equivalent of the Gaogou Fm., Xixia Basin)" and Sangping Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,red silty,sandy mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray sandy conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "purplish red and brown sandy mudstone interbedded with thin layers of gray sandy conglomerate"; "purple-red muddy siltstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1975-1994 |
| Collection method comments: Thousands of dinosaur eggs were also found and collected. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Nanyangosaurus type, Neixiang | ||
| Database number: | 55688 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-02 12:24:11 | Last modified: | 2022-02-23 13:25:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-02 12:24:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24214. | ETE | Z. Zhao. 1979. [Discovery of the dinosaurian eggs and footprint from Neixiang county, Henan province]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(4):304-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14221 | ETE | K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 59122 | X. Liang, S. Wen, D. Yang, S. Zhou, and S. Wu. 2009. Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits (Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province, China: Occurrences, palaeoenvironments, taphonomy and preservation. Progress in Natural Science 19(11):1587-1601 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 16852 | ETE | M. Matsukawa, M. G. Lockley, and J. Li. 2006. Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27(1):3-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 34592 | ETE | L.-d. Xing, J. D. Harris, Z.-m. Dong, Y.-l. Lin, W. Chen, S.-b. Guo, and Q. Ji. 2009. Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Zhutian Formation in the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong, China and general observations on large Chinese ornithopod footprints. Geological Bulletin of China 28(7):829-843 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14921 | ETE | X. Xu, X.-J. Zhao, J.-C., W.-B. Huang, Z.-Y. Li and Z.-M. Dong. 2000. A new iguanodontian from Sangping Formation of Neixiang, Henan and its stratigraphical implication. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(3):176-191 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 33948 | ETE | S.-K. Zhang. 2010. [A parataxonomic revision of the Cretaceous faveoloolithid eggs of China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(3):203-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14230 | ETE | S. Zhen, J. Li, C. Rao, N. J. Mateer, and M. G. Lockley. 1989. A review of dinosaur footprints in China. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 187-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |