Also known as Central Asiatic Expedition, Wan Ch'uan, CAE
Where: Hebei, China (40.9° N, 114.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 116.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wanchuan Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• also called Wan Ch'uan Formation, fossils from "upper 2000 feet" of formation; also referred to as the "Nantienmen" beds by Granger
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Morris & Barbour in 1922; reposited in the AMNH
• Collected by Morris & Barbour (listed as 1925 in Gilmore 1933)
Primary reference: R. C. Andrews. 1932. The New Conquest of Central Asia: A Narrative of the Explorations of the Central Asiatic Expeditions ni Mongolia and China, 1921-1930. Natural History of Central Asia 1:1-678 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48929: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Deinodontidae indet." = Tyrannosauridae
"Deinodontidae indet." = Tyrannosauridae Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid 2 collections but may be 1 individual
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