Panlong Bridge tracksite (Triassic of China)

Also known as Pengxian, Panlongqiao

Where: Sichuan, China (30.9° N, 104.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 99.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Xujiahe Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• "3rd member" of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected in 1981

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. Zhen. 1986. The dinosaur footprints in China. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Abstracts with Program 27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60501: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.05.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Pengxianpus cifengensis n. gen. n. sp.
Pengxianpus cifengensis n. gen. n. sp. Yang and Yang 1987 theropod
trackway with 2 tracks (CFPC1, CFPC2)
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
CFPC3, CFPC4