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
Yueosaurus tiantaiensis n. gen., n. sp. Zheng et al. 2012
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]