Also known as Sino-American Mazongshan DInosaur Project

Where: Gansu, China (41.5° N, 97.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 98.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "middle" Formation (Xinminbao Group), Barremian to Barremian (130.0 - 112.0 Ma)

• "middle gray unit"; = Xinminpu Group

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by SAMDP in 1997; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: H. You, F. Tang, and Z. Luo. 2003. A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 77(4):424-429 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64019: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 29.08.2006