northeast of Laiyang: Aptian, China
collected by C.-C. Young 1951
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Psittacosaurus sinensis
Young 1958
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Dsungaripteridae
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? Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| IVPP V.755 | ||||||||||
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= ? Dsungaripteridae indet.
Young 1964
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Young 1964 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shandong | County: | Laiyang |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 120.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 122.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 43 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.4 - 113 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous "volcaniclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "dark red clay" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
| Collectors: | C.-C. Young | Collection dates: | 1951 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55475 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-26 10:54:44 | Last modified: | 2019-10-30 14:43:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-26 10:54:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14891. | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shantung. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 42(16):1-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 70704 | S.-n. Cheng and C.-y. Wang. 1959. [Report on the excavation of fossil dinosaurs and eggs from Laiyang, Shantung]. Palaeovertebrata et Paleoanthropologia 1(1):55-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 64010 | Z.-W. Cheng. 1982. Páxíng lèi {Reptilia}. Mesozoic Stratigraphic Paleontology in the Guyang Coal-Bearing Basin, Inner Mongolia 123-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 24283 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1964. On a new pterosaurian from Sinkiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(3):221-255 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 70283 | J.-L. Zhang, Q. Wang, S.-X. Jiang, X. Cheng, N. Li, R. Qiu, X.-J. Zhang and Z.-L. Wang. 2017. Review of historical and current research on the Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs from Laiyang, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(2):187-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |