Shangba tracksite (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (28.8° N, 107.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 95.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Luolou Formation, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Matsukawa, M. G. Lockley, and J. Li. 2006. Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27(1):3-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60516: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835 archosaur