Dachengzi, Kazuo: Aptian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Proceratosauridae
Sinotyrannus kazuoensis n. gen., n. sp. Ji et al. 2009
1 individual
KZV-001
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning County:Kazuo
Coordinates: 41.1° North, 119.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 119.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Jiufotang
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of formation, "first member"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:"floodplain"
Geology comments: described as "diara deposits" - perhaps equivalent to "floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Sinotyrannus type
Database number:116361
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-07 06:39:38 Last modified:2018-02-14 11:05:17
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-07 06:39:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37505. Q. Ji, S.-a. Ji, and L.-j. Zhang. 2009. First large tyrannosauroid theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in northeastern China. Geological Bulletin of China 28(10):1369-1374 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

55526 L. Zhang, S. Ji, and L. Zhang. 2010. [Stratigraphic horizon and taphonomic environment of the large tyrannosauroid dinosaur in Kazuo (Harqin Left Mongolia Autonomous) County, western Liaoning, China]. Geological Review 56(2):153-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]