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: "lower" Formation (Xinminbao Group), Barremian to Barremian (130.0 - 112.0 Ma)
• unnamed lower part of group; = Xinminpu Group
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, gray, red sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected in 1992
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: Z. Dong. 1997. On the crocodiles from the Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China. In Z. Dong (ed.), Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition. China Ocean Press, Beijing 11-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45170: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 08.10.2004