Rikaze tracksite (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Xikazé

Where: Xizang Zizhiqu, China (29.3° N, 88.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 79.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Primary reference: S. Zhen, J. Li, C. Rao, N. J. Mateer, and M. G. Lockley. 1989. A review of dinosaur footprints in China. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 187-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60514: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.05.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
tridactyl tracks