Maortu: Turonian, China
collected by SSPE 1959-1960
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Avetheropoda
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Carcharodontosauridae
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Chilantaisaurus maortuensis n. sp.
Hu 1964
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Shaochilong maortuensis | ||||||||||
| IVPP V.2885 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Gobisaurus domoculus n. gen., n. sp.
Vickaryous et al. 2001
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Vickaryous et al. 2001 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| IVPP V12563 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretes maortuensis n. sp.
Yeh 1965
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Karl 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Kuhnemys maortuensis | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 2864 | ||||||||||
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Aspideretes alashanensis n. sp.
Yeh 1965
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Brinkman et al. 2008 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Kuhnemys maortuensis | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 2865 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Nei Mongol |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 105.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 97.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
| Collectors: | SSPE | Collection dates: | 1959-1960 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chilantai, Jilantai | ||
| Database number: | 66924 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-24 10:07:44 | Last modified: | 2010-01-06 22:15:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-24 10:07:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19051. | ETE | S.-Y. Hu. 1964. [Carnosaurian remains from Alashan, Inner Mongolia]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(1):42-63 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 58770 | D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 31488 | ETE | S. L. Brusatte, R. B. J. Benson, D. J. Chure, X. Xu, C. Sullivan and D. W. E. Hone. 2009. The first definitive carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Asia and the delayed ascent of tyrannosaurids. Naturwissenschaften 96:1051-1058 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 46810 | H.-V. Karl. 1999. Paleogeography and systematics of the genus Dogania Gray, 1844 (Testudines: Trionychidae). Studia Geological Salmanticensia 35:3-8 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/D. Nicholson] | |
| 18341 | ETE | M. K. Vickaryous, A. P. Russell, P. J. Currie and X.-J. Zhao. 2001. A new ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with comments on ankylosaurian relationships. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1767-1780 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |