Qiketai, Turpan (Hudiesaurus type locality): Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, China
collected 1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum n. gen., n. sp.
Dong 1997
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| IVPP V11120 - holotype (posterior cervical vertebra) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang | County: | Shanshan |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 90.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 95.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kalazha | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of the Kalazha Formation (Upper Jurassic: upper Kimmeridgian–Tithonian)
(also referred to as the Karaza, Kalaza, or Hongshan Formation) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1993 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45172 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-08 14:23:07 | Last modified: | 2021-12-14 08:23:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-08 14:23:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11762. | ETE | Z. Dong. 1997. A gigantic sauropod (Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum gen. et sp. nov.) from the Turpan Basin, China. In Z. Dong (ed.), Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition. China Ocean Press, Beijing 102-110 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 36736 | ETE | Z. Dong. 1998. On Asiatic sauropods and their phylogenetic relationships. In A. M. G. de Carvalho, A. M. Andrade, V. F. dos Santos, J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, (eds.), I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 79-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78881 | P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, X. Xu and P. M. Barrett. 2021. Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1994414:1-31 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |