Where: Xinjiang, China (46.1° N, 85.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 82.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tugulu Group, Aptian to Aptian (125.5 - 109.0 Ma)
• subgroup C
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; sideritic, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. B. Brinkman, D. A. Eberth, M. J. Ryan and P. Chen. 2001. The occurrence of Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis Sereno and Chow, 1988 in the Urho area, Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1781-1786 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Alroy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60365: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 10.05.2006