gully between Chiangchunting and Chaochun, Laiyang: Coniacian - Santonian, China
collected by C.-C. Young 1951–1952, 1954
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dongyangoolithidae
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Oolithes megadermus n. sp.
Young 1959
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Young 1959 | |||||||||
| recombined as Multifissoolithus megadermus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Spheroolithidae
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Oolithes spheroides n. sp.
Young 1954
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Young 1954 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Spheroolithus spheroides | ||||||||||
| IVPP V730 | ||||||||||
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Oolithes chiangchiungtingensis n. sp.
Young 1954
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Chao and Chiang 1974 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Spheroolithus spheroides | ||||||||||
| G.5547 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shandong | County: | Laiyang |
| Coordinates: | 36.9° North, 120.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 112.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 0 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wangshi | Formation: | Jiangjunding | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle part of series | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red clay" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
| Collectors: | C.-C. Young | Collection dates: | 1951–1952, 1954 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chiangchiungting, Tsotan, Tsaotan, Zhaotuan | ||
| Database number: | 79742 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-21 09:03:30 | Last modified: | 2023-02-06 14:24:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-21 09:03:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52403. | M. M. Chow. 1951. Notes on the Late Cretaceous dinosaurian remains and the fossil eggs from Laiyang Shantung. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 31(1–4):89-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14221 | ETE | 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] |
| 24337 | ETE | T.-k. Chao and T.-k. Chiang. 1974. Microscopic studies on the dinosaurian egg-shells from Laiyang, Shanting province. Scientia Sinica 17(1):73-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 15565 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1959. On a new fossil egg from Laiyang, Shantung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 3(1):34-35 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire] |
| 26942 | C.-C. Young. 1954. Fossil reptilian eggs from Laiyang, Shantung, China. Scientia Sinica 3(4):505-522 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 83807 | S.-K. Zhang. 2022. A revision of the eggshell fragment of Spheroolithus megadermus from Laiyang, Shandong Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 60(1):59-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |