Huangyangquan tracksite, Site B (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Wuerho, Wuerhe

Where: Xinjiang, China (46.1° N, 85.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 86.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hutubihe Formation (Tugulu Group), Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 125.0 Ma)

• in the "Lower Layer", possibly equivalent to the Qingshuihe-Hutubihe Fms.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; gray, green sandstone and gray, sandy mudstone

• "deltaic, and lakeshore-semi-deep lake environments"
• "grey, sandy mudstones and light green-grey sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by J. An in 2002, 2009, 2019

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L.-D. Xing, J. D. Harris, C.-K. Jia, Z.-J. Luo, S.-N. Wang and J.-F. An. 2011. Early Cretaceous bird-dominated and dinosaur footprint assemblages from the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. Palaeoworld 20:308-321 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156126: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Deltapodus curriei n. sp.2 Xing et al. 2013 ornithischian
MGCM.SA1–4, SB1–2, SZ1–22; ZDM 201103; HYQ-B1p–16p, B17m, B20p; HYQ-B20p, HYQ-B18m and B19m
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.2 Marsh 1881 theropod
MGCM.H28
Kayentapus sp. Welles 1971 theropod
MGCM.H5
Jialingpus sp.1 Zhen et al. 1983 theropod
MGCM.H1–4, 7, 8
 Theropoda - Eubrontidae
Asianopodus sp. Matsukawa et al. 2005 theropod
MGCM.H6
Aves
  - Koreanaornipodidae
Koreanaornis dodsoni n. sp. Xing et al. 2011 bird
MGCM.H10 (2), H11 (25), H16 (32), H17 (8), H18 (15), H19 (15), and H20 (19)
  -
Moguiornipes robusta n. gen. n. sp.
Moguiornipes robusta n. gen. n. sp. Xing et al. 2011 bird
MGCM.H25, H27
  - Avipedidae
Aquatilavipes sp. Currie 1981 bird
MGCM.H24 (16), H26 (6)
  - Ignotornidae
Goseongornipes sp. Lockley et al. 2006 bird
MGCM.H13
Helminthoidichnites
  -
 Ichnofossils -
Cochlichnus sp.2 Hitchcock 1858