Mopanshan (Jurassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (24.3° N, 102.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 109.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Jurassic (174.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• "probably derived from the red part of the variegated beds"; Upper Lufeng

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1951. The Lufeng saurischian fauna in China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 13:1-96 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49774: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.04.2005, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
IVPP V75, plastron fragments
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
"aff. Lepidotus sp." = Lepidotes
"aff. Lepidotus sp." = Lepidotes Agassiz 1832 gar