Houmotuan tracksite (level 1): Barremian - Albian, China
collected by Y. Tang 2015, 2017

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
40 individuals
20 trackways, 20 isolated tracks
Reptilia - Eubrontidae
? Eubrontidae indet. Lull 1904
2 specimens
morphotype D; HMT-TI18 and TI19
Eubrontidae indet. Lull 1904
morphotype B
cf. Jurabrontes sp. Marty et al. 2018
morphotype A
Reptilia - Dromaeopodidae
cf. Menglongipus sp. Xing et al. 2009
4 individuals
HMT-T22 to T25
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shandong
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 118.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 118.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Barremian - Albian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dasheng Formation:Tianjialou
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "siltstone and sandstone layers, some of which have ripple marks"
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: "a shallow lake environment with calcareous concretions horizons developed in the Tianjialou/Mengtuan formations"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Y. Tang Collection dates:2015, 2017
Metadata
Also known as:HMT
Database number:219894
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-26 10:15:56 Last modified:2021-04-29 12:21:43
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-26 10:15:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

76654. L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, Y. Guo, H. Klein, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, W. S. Persons, A. Romilio, Y. Tang and X. Wang. 2018. Multiple parallel deinonychosaurian trackways from a diverse dinosaur track assemblage of the Lower Cretaceous Dasheng Group of Shandong Province, China. Cretaceous Research 90:40-55 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

76705 L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, K. Tong, G. Peng, A. Romilio, H. Klein, W. S. Persons, Y. Ye, and S. Jiang. 2019. A diversified dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation of Sichuan Province, China: implications for ichnological database and census studies. Cretaceous Research 96:120-134 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]