Shanqian, Liufangzi, Gongzhuling quarry: Aptian - Albian, China
collected by P. Zhang, Jilin Univ. Geol. Museum 1990, 2000-2002

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Ornithischia indet. (Seeley 1888)
Chen et al. 2008 2 specimens
JLUM 1003-9, J1.Z.s
Reptilia - Leptoceratopsidae
Neoceratopsia indet. Sereno 1986
Chen et al. 2008
new species
    = Helioceratops brachygnathus n. gen., n. sp. Jin et al. 2009
Jin et al. 2009
JLUM L0204-Y-3, 4
Reptilia
Changchunsaurus parvus n. gen., n. sp. Zan et al. 2005
Zan et al. 2005 6 specimens
JLUM L0403-j-Zn2, -Y-23, -Y-24, L0204-Y-24q, -Y-091i, -Y-092i (2 measurements)
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
1 specimen
    = Iguanodontia indet. Baur 1891
Chen et al. 2008
JLUM 1003-H01
Reptilia - Spheroolithidae
Spheroolithidae indet. Zhao 1979
Carpenter and Alf 1994
eggs
Reptilia - Similifaveoloolithidae
Dictyoolithus gongzhulingensis n. sp. Wang et al. 2006
Wang et al. 2006 4 specimens
recombined as Similifaveoloolithus gongzhulingensis
JLUM D09-1, D09-2, D09-3, and D09-4
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Jin et al. 2010
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Jin et al. 2010
Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae
Zhangolestes jilinensis n. gen., n. sp. Zan et al. 2006
Zan et al. 2006 2 individuals
Jilin Univ. Geol. Mus. Ya1.23.i, Ya2.24.1
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Jilin County:Gongzhiling
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 124.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° North, 121.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Aptian - Albian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Quantou
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Li et al. 2012: U-Pb ages of detrital zircons suggest the youngest deposition ages of the Quantou formation is ~103 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly,gray,green sandy,cherty/siliceous mudstone
Secondary lithology:brown,white sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "mainly red, but ranging to gray or green mudstones, interlayed with white to tan or brown sandstones...The fossilferous stratum is 0.10 to 0.30 meters thick and is a gray to green mudstone with coarser fractions ranging up to granules or small pebbles. The larger clasts are rounded to subrounded and mostly silicic, but a few clasts may be orthoclase or other minerals."
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:P. Zhang, Jilin Univ. Geol. Museum Collection dates:1990s, 2000-2002
Collection method comments: originally discovered by Zhang Pulin in 1990s, then excavated by Jilin Univ. Geol. Museum in 2000-2002
Metadata
Also known as:Changchun
Database number:72321
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-06-01 08:59:35 Last modified:2022-02-09 05:50:25
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-01 08:59:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59120. X. M. Cheng. 1989. [Discovery of hadrosaurid fossils from Changchun city, Jilin province, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 27(3):236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

14221ETE K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
27961ETE J. Chen, R. J. Butler, and L. Jin. 2008. New material of large-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs, including an iguanodontian ornithopod, from the Quantou Formation (middle Cretaceous; Aptian–Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, northeastern China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 248(3):309-314 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30705ETE L. Jin, J. Chen, S. Zan and P. Godefroit. 2009. A new basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous of Jilin Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):200-206 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/E. Ito]
32954ETE L. Jin, J. Chen, S. Zan, R. J. Butler, and P. Godefroit. 2010. Cranial anatomy of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian-Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):196-214 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76949 Q. Wang, S.-q. Zan, L.-y. Jin and J. Chen. 2006. [A new oospecies, Dictyoolithus gongzhulingensis, from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation in the central Jilin Province]. Journal of Jilin University (Earth Science Edition) 36(2):153-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70282 Q. Wang, Z.-K. Zhao, X.-L. Wang, S.-K. Zhang, and Y.-G. Jiang. 2013. New forms of dictyoolithids from the Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province of China and a parataxonomic revision of the dictyoolithids. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(1):43-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
24533ETE S. Zan, C. B. Wood, G. W. Rougier, L. Jin, J. Chen and C. R. Schaff. 2006. A new "middle" Cretaceous zalambdalestid mammal from a new locality in Jilin Province, northeastern China. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 22(1):153-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
27973ETE S.-Q. Zan, J. Chen, L.-Y. Jin and T. Li. 2005. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation of central Jilin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(3):182-193 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]