west bank, Tuanhe River: Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Campanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Mosaiceratops azumai n. gen., n. sp. Zheng et al. 2015
1 individual
ZMNH M8856, partial skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Henan County:Neixiang
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 112.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° North, 103.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Campanian
Age range of interval:93.90000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Majiacun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Xiaguan-Gaoqiu
Database number:173373
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-09-21 14:50:42 Last modified:2015-09-21 14:50:42
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-21 14:50:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

56452. W. Zheng, X. Jin, and X. Xu. 2015. A psittacosaurid-like basal neoceratopsian from the Upper Cretaceous of central China and its implications for basal ceratopsian evolution. Scientific Reports 5:14190:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]