Longling Town, Nankang: Maastrichtian, China
collected by ZMNH 2011

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis Tong and Mo 2010
Tong et al. 2017 1 specimen
JXGZ(2012)-178-182
Reptilia
Gannansaurus sinensis n. gen., n. sp. Lü et al. 2013
1 individual
GMNH F10001-1 and -2 - holotype (posterior dorsal vertebra and middle caudal vertebra)
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Qianzhousaurus sinensis n. gen., n. sp. Lü et al. 2014
Lü et al. 2014 1 individual
recombined as Alioramus sinensis
nearly complete skull w/most of L lower jaw (GM F10004-1); 9 cervical vertebrae (GM F10004-2); 3 anterior dorsal vertebrae (GM F10004-3); 18 middle posterior caudal vertebrae (GM F10004-4); complete R scapulocoracoid (GM F10004-5); part of L scapulocoracoid (GM F10004-6); both partial ilia, L femur & L tibia, L partial fibula, L astr
Reptilia
Oviraptorosauria indet. Barsbold 1976
Jin et al. 2020 1 individual
ZMNH M8829-A (ES 475); ZMNH M8829-B (ES 369, 528) - skeleton with 2 eggs (1 internal, 1 external)
Reptilia - Oviraptoridae
Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis n. gen., n. sp. Wei et al. 2013
Wei et al. 2013 1 individual
HGM41HIII0421
Nankangia jiangxiensis n. gen., n. sp. Lü et al. 2013
Lü et al. 2013 1 individual
holotype (GMNH F10003) includes partial lower jaw, 5 dorsal vertebrae, 1-1/2 sacral vertebrae, 9 complete & 2 partial caudal vertebrae, both scapulocoracoids, incomplete furcula, nearly complete R humerus, complete R ilium, most of L ilium, complete R pubis and most of L pubis, complete R ischium & partial L ischium, both femora, R tibia, & some dorsal ribs
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Macroolithus sp. Zhao 1975
Jin et al. 2020 2 specimens
eggs associated with ZMNH M8829-A, B
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Jiangxi County:Ganzhou
Coordinates: 25.7° North, 114.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.6° North, 108.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Nanxiong
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "red sandstones"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:ZMNH Collection dates:2011
Collection method comments: Collected from a building area - most of the specimens were destroyed during blasting
Metadata
Also known as:Ganzhou
Database number:147070
Authorizer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano Enterer:P. Mannion, M. Carrano, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-07-05 00:17:38 Last modified:2022-05-03 19:56:17
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-05 00:17:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47488. J. Lü, L. Yi, H. Zhong and X. Wei. 2013. A new somphospondylan sauropod (Dinosauria, Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province of southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3):678-685 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

81574 X. Jin, D. J. Varricchio, A. W. Poust and T. He. 2020. An oviraptorosaur adult-egg association from the Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(6):e1739060:1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
49175 J. Lü, L. Yi, H. Zhong and X. Wei. 2013. A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of southern China and its palaeoecological implications. PLoS One 8(11):e80557:1-14 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
51099 J. Lü, L. Yi, and S. L. Brusatte, L., Yang, H. Li, and L. Chen. 2014. A new clade of Asian Late Cretaceous long-snouted tyannosaurids. Nature Communications 5(1):3788:1-10 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
62927 H. Tong, L. Li, C. Jie and L. Yi. 2017. New material of Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis Tong & Mo, 2010 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Nanhsiungchelyidae) and its phylogenetic and palaeogeographical implications. Geological Magazine 154(3):456-464 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
47959 X. Wei, H. Pu, L. Xu, D. Liu, and J. 2013. A new oviraptorid dinosaur (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(4):899-904 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]