Sungkan: Early/Lower Cretaceous, China
collected by C.-C. Young 1944
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Pisces
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
| coprolite | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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1 individual | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guizhou |
| Coordinates: | 28.6° North, 106.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° North, 112.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 533 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: found "about 150 meters abve the contact with the Jurassic beds" (unnamed), but age considered problematic in paper |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C.-C. Young | Collection dates: | 1944 |
| Collection method comments: includes two indeterminate bones as well | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 35284 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-11-24 10:07:20 | Last modified: | 2010-11-08 13:06:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-24 10:07:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9502. | C.-C. Young. 1948. Notes on the occurrence of sauropod remains from N. Kweichow, China. Science Records 2(2):200-206 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |