Construction site, G15w Expressway (Shangsan): Albian - Cenomanian, China
collected by Y. Jiang 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Yueosaurus tiantaiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Zheng et al. 2012
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ZMNH M8620 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Zhejiang | County: | Tiantai |
Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 121.0° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 118.4° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Albian - Cenomanian |
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Qujiang | Formation: | Liangtoutang |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | pebbly,red lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "red pebbly sandstone" | |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Y. Jiang | Collection dates: | Nov 1998 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Tiantai distillery | ||
Database number: | 144535 | ||
Authorizer: | G. Lloyd | Enterer: | G. Lloyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-05-10 20:02:48 | Last modified: | 2021-04-26 09:40:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-10 20:02:48 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46757. | W. Zheng, X. Jin, M. Shibata, Y. Azuma, and F.-M. Yu. 2012. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China. Cretaceous Research 34:208-219 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
76652 | L.-D. Xing, C.-Y. Chou, M. G. Lockley, A. Romilio, H. Klein, N. Li, and W. S. Persons. 2018. Lower Cretaceous sauropod trackways from Lishui City and an overview of dinosaur dominated track assemblages from Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Palaeogeography 7:9:1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |