Zhoujiagou Village (Unit 2): Santonian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Zhanghenglong yangchengensis n. gen., n. sp.
Xing et al. 2014
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| XMDFEC V0013, incomplete, disarticulated cranium, incl. nearly complete R maxilla, partial R jugal & dentary; XMDFEC V0014, partial, disarticulated postcranial skeleton, incl. 5 anterior-middle dorsal vertebrae (some lack dorsal portion of neural spine), fragments of dorsal ribs, and nearly complete R scapula & ulna | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Xixia |
| Coordinates: | 33.3° North, 111.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 103.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.3 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: XMDFEC, Xixia Museum of Dinosaur Fossil Eggs of China, Xixia, China | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 157097 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-06-06 03:12:40 | Last modified: | 2016-04-01 12:43:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-06-06 03:12:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51516. | H. Xing, D. -Y. Wang, F.-L. Han, C. Sullivan, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, D. W. E. Hone, R.-H. Yan, F.-M. Du and X. Xu. 2014. A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) with transitional features from the Late Cretaceous of Henan Province, China. PLoS One 9(6): e98821 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen] |