List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ovaloolithidae
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Ovaloolithus sp.
Zhao 1979
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Xixia |
| Coordinates: | 33.3° North, 111.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 104.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Zhaoying | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: may be equivalent to Majiacun Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly,red lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Purple siltstone with pebbles, contains mainly quartz, not rounded, bad sorted (0.05 ~ 1 mm, some > 3 mm); subordinate: mica, feldspar, apatite, calcite; cement: carbonate, argill and iron | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Collection size: | 1 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35924 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-11 10:18:17 | Last modified: | 2016-05-17 16:32:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-11 10:18:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9655. | 5% 4940 | Y. Li, Y. Liu, X. Chen and G. Zhao. 1996. Dinosaurian Embryo II: Young Dinosaur-bones in Ovaloolithus. Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences 21(6):608-610 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |
Secondary references:
| 59172 | S.-q. Zhou and Z.-j. Feng. 2002. [Studies on the occurrence beds of Oölithus and their relations to the upper-lower boundarues in Henan province]. Resources Survey & Environment 23(1):68-76 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |