IVPP Rong H6-2, Duxin, Rongxian (Jurassic to of China)

Also known as Gongbusaurus type site

Where: Sichuan, China (29.5° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 109.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60066: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Fabrosauridae
Gongbusaurus shiyii n. gen. n. sp.
Gongbusaurus shiyii n. gen. n. sp. Dong et al. 1983 ornithischian
IVPP V9069-1, 9069-2