Shangyou Reservoir (Jurassic to of China)

Also known as Yangchuanosaurus type site

Where: Sichuan, China (29.3° N, 105.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 110.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Shaximiao Formation), Bathonian to Bathonian (168.3 - 163.5 Ma)

• Several radiometric ages have been reported for the Shaximiao Formation, including 167 Ma or 172 Ma (Zong and Shi, 1997), 167–172 Ma or 178–169 Ma (Gou et al., 2000), 163±3 Ma (Li et al., 2010), 160±4 Ma (Luo et al., 2014), 158±7 Ma (Qian et al., 2016), and 159±2 Ma (Wang et al., 2018). However, more recent studies suggest an older age; Dai et al. 2022 reported a maximum depositional age for the bone-bearing layers of the lower member of the Shaximiao formation to be Bjaocan. Zhou et al. 2022 also supported a late Middle Jurassic age for the Shaximiao Formation (Bathonian-Callovian).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, sandy mudstone

• "dark-red sandy mudstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Yang & Cheng in 1976-1977

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: Z. Dong, Y. Zhang, X. Li and S. Zhou. 1978. [A new carnosaur from Yongchuan County, Sichuan Province]. Ke Xue Tong Bao [Science Newsletter] 23(5):302-304 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49790: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Metriacanthosauridae
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis n. gen. n. sp. Dong et al. 1978 allosauroid