Neixiang County: Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Campanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Nanhsiungchelyidae indet. Yeh 1966
Ke et al. 2021 1 specimen
CUGW EH051, a complete egg containing embryonic remains.
Reptilia
Baotianmansaurus henanensis n. gen., n. sp. Zhang et al. 2009
1 individual
41H III-0200
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Henan County:Neixiang
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 112.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.8° North, 103.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Campanian
Age range of interval:93.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Xiaguan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Previously placed in the Gaogou Formation, but now referred to the Xiaguan Formation (see Zheng et al. 2015 and references therein)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Baitianmansaurus type
Database number:91210
Authorizer:M. Carrano, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Carrano, E. Vlachos
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-09-10 21:56:31 Last modified:2019-03-11 13:44:09
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-10 21:56:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30697.ETE X. Zhang, J. Lü, J. Li, L. Yang, W. Hu, S. Jia, Q. Ji and C. Zhang. 2009. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Gaogou Formation of Nanyang, Henan Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):212-221 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

77704 Y. Ke, D. Zelenitsky, D. Brinkman, J. Hu, S. Zhang, H. Jiang, and F. Han. 2021. A large and unusually thick-shelled turtle egg with embryonic remains from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(20211239):1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]