Hongwei tracksite, Jiuquwan mine (HV) (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Hingwei

Where: Hunan, China (27.9° N, 110.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 106.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xiaodong Formation, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: X. Y. Zeng. 1982. [Dinosaur footprints found in red beds of the Yuan Ma Basin, northwestern Hunan]. Hunan Geology 1:57-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52853: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Hunanpus jiuguwanensis n. gen. n. sp., Xiangxipus chenxiensis n. gen. n. sp., Xiangxipus youngi n. sp.
Hunanpus jiuguwanensis n. gen. n. sp. Zeng 1982 theropod
HV003-8
Xiangxipus chenxiensis n. gen. n. sp. Zeng 1982 theropod
trackway with 5 prints; HV003-4
Xiangxipus youngi n. sp. Zeng 1982 theropod
HV003-1,2