Lianmuqin, Shanshan (IVPP Loc. 66012): Campanian - Maastrichtian, China
collected 1966
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Avetheropoda
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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Zhai et al. 1978 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| field nos. 66012.1, 4 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Dong 1977
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar | ||||||||||
| IVPP V4878 (field no. 66012.6) | ||||||||||
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Tarbosaurus sp.
Maleev 1955
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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= Tyrannosaurus turpanensis n. sp.
Zhai et al. 1978
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Zhai et al. 1978 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosaurus | ||||||||||
| field nos. 66012.2, 3, 5 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nemegtosauridae
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Nemegtosaurus pachi n. sp.
Dong 1977
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Nemegtosaurus | ||||||||||
| IVPP V4879 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang | County: | Shanshan |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 89.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 79.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Subashi |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1966 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Turpan, Shanshanosaurus type | ||
| Database number: | 64144 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-01 13:29:51 | Last modified: | 2021-11-30 10:05:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-01 13:29:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9258. | Z. Dong. 1977. On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(1):59-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 9245 | P. J. Currie and Z. Dong. 2001. New information on Shanshanosaurus houyanshanensis, a juvenile tyrannosaurid (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 38:1729-1737 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 52140 | R.-j. Zhai, J.-j. Zheng, and Y.-s. Tong. 1978. [Stratigraphy of the mammal-bearing Tertiary of the Turfan Basin, Sinkiang]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang. III. Permian and Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Dzungaria Basin and Tertiary Stratigraphy and Mammalian Fossils of Turfan Basin 13:68-81 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |