Where: Xinjiang, China (45.6° N, 87.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 79.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: Y.-b. Shen and N. J. Mateer. 1992. An outline of the Cretaceous System in northern Xinjiang, western China. In N. J. Mateer, P.-j. Chen (eds.), Aspects of Nonmarine Cretaceous Geology. China Ocean Press, Beijing 50-77 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97615: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.08.2010

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