Xialou village (Paleocene of China)

Where: Anhui, China (30.8° N, 116.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 108.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Wanghudun Formation), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• lower part of the Upper Member of Wanghudun Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; red sandstone

• continental red sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Belgian–Chinese expedition

Primary reference: S. A. Boerman, G. Perrichon, J. Yang, C.-S. Li, J. E. Martin, R. P. Speijer, and T. Smith. 2023. A juvenile skull from the early Palaeocene of China extends the appearance of crocodyloids in Asia back by 15–20 million years. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(3):787-811 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227328: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.10.2022

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Qianshanosuchus youngi n. gen. n. sp.
Qianshanosuchus youngi n. gen. n. sp. Boerman et al. 2023 crocodilian
IBCAS QS15 - holotype