Shuantang, Tiantai (Liangtoutang Fm.) (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Shuangtang

Where: Zhejiang, China (29.2° N, 121.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 120.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Liangtoutang Formation (Qujiang Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; red sandstone

• shallow lacustrine deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2002

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

Primary reference: X. Jin, Y. Azuma, F. D. Jackson and D. J. Varricchio. 2007. Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang province, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:81-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86428: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
"Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis" = Macroelongatoolithus carlylei
"Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis" = Macroelongatoolithus carlylei Jensen 1970 theropod
ZJMN M8704; TM 005; FPDM-V-155 to 159; ES-116, 1-5
 Testudinata - Testudoolithidae
Testudoolithus jiangi
Testudoolithus jiangi turtle
(ZMNH M8713; ES137, ES142, ES143