Shuantang, Tiantai (Liangtoutang Fm.): Albian, China
collected 2002
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudoolithidae
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Testudoolithus jiangi
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Jackson et al. 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
(ZMNH M8713; ES137, ES142, ES143 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Elongatoolithidae
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Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis
(Wang and Zhou 1995)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Macroelongatoolithus carlylei | ||||||||||
ZJMN M8704; TM 005; FPDM-V-155 to 159; ES-116, 1-5 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Zhejiang | County: | Tiantai |
Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 121.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.3° North, 120.0° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Qujiang | Formation: | Liangtoutang |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Geology comments: shallow lacustrine deposits |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),peel or thin section,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2002 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Shuangtang | ||
Database number: | 86428 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-02-02 11:25:16 | Last modified: | 2019-09-17 13:29:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-02 11:25:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24172. | ETE | 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] |
Secondary references:
29116 | ETE | F. D. Jackson, Z. Jin, D. J. Varricchio, Y. Azuma, and Y. Jiang. 2008. The first in situ turtle clutch from the Cretaceous Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):319-325 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
70244 | D. J. Simon, D. J. Varricchio, Z. Jin and S. F. Robison. 2019. Microstructural overlap of Macroelongatoolithus eggs from Asia and North America expands the occurrence of colossal oviraptorosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(6):e1553046:1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |