Luanchan, general: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Polyglyphanodontidae
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Funiusaurus luanchuanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Xu et al. 2014
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1 individual | |||||||||
| HGM 41HIII-0106, incomplete skull and mandible | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Luanchan |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 111.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.9° North, 102.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qiupa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Housed at Henan Geological Museum | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Funiusaurus type locality, Horizon 10 | ||
| Database number: | 166883 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-03 09:46:15 | Last modified: | 2021-06-02 12:18:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-03 09:46:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54525. | L. Xu, X. Wu, J. Lu, S. Jia, J. Zhang, H. Pu, and X. Zhang. 2014. A new lizard (Lepidosauria: Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Henan, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 88:1041-1050 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Uhen] |