Lianmuqin, Shanshan (IVPP Loc. 66012) (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Turpan, Shanshanosaurus type

Where: Xinjiang, China (42.8° N, 89.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 79.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Subashi Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1966; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: Z. Dong. 1977. On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(1):59-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64144: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosaurus turpanensis n. sp., "Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Tarbosaurus bataar
Tyrannosaurus turpanensis n. sp. Zhai et al. 1978 tyrant lizard
"Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955 tyrannosaurid
IVPP V4878 (field no. 66012.6)
 Avetheropoda -
Carnosauria indet. carnosaur
field nos. 66012.1, 4
 Saurischia - Nemegtosauridae
Nemegtosaurus pachi n. sp. Dong 1977 sauropod
IVPP V4879