ammonites
Dongfang #1 coal mine, Fuxin (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Fusin

Where: Liaoning, China (42.0° N, 121.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 118.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fuxin Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.5 - 99.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal and fine-grained, gray, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Amiot, N. Kusuhashi, X. Xu and Y. Wang. 2010. Isolated dinosaur teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations of northeastern China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 39:347-358 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97422: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 26.07.2010