Wucaiwan ceratopsian 1 (IVPP): Oxfordian, China
collected 2005

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chaoyangsauridae
Yinlong downsi n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2006
1 individual
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xinjiang
Coordinates: 45.2° North, 88.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.8° North, 91.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Oxfordian
Age range of interval:163.50000 - 157.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shishugou Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Feeding/predation traces:fractures
Temporal resolution:snapshot
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:2005
Metadata
Also known as:Yinlong type site
Database number:72107
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-05-24 20:34:17 Last modified:2021-03-26 12:42:38
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-24 20:34:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19282.ETE X. Xu, C. A. Forster, J. M. Clark and J. Mo. 2006. A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273:2135-2140 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]