Near Yangjuan Village: Pelsonian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Omphalosauridae
Xinminosaurus catactes n. gen., n. sp. Jiang et al. 2008
1 individual
GMPKU-P-1071
Reptilia - Saurosphargidae
Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2011
Li et al. 2011 1 specimen
IVPP V 16076
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae
Panzhousaurus rotundirostris n. gen., n. sp. Jiang et al. 2018
Jiang et al. 2018 1 specimen
GMPKU-P-1059
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Lariosaurus hongguoensis n. sp. Jiang et al. 2006
Jiang et al. 2006
GMPKU-P-1011, almost complete skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou County:Panxian
Coordinates: 25.5° North, 104.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.7° North, 94.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Pelsonian Conodont zone: Nicoraella kockeli
Age range of interval:244.70000 - 243.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Guanling Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Pelsonian, Anisian, Middle Triassic"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:rare
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:1 individuals
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:103539
Authorizer:M. Carrano, G. Lloyd, A. Dunhill Enterer:H. Street, B. Allen, G. Lloyd
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-29 08:13:59 Last modified:2011-01-28 16:47:07
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-29 08:13:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34853. D. Jiang, R. Motani, W. Hao, L. Schmitz, O. Rieppel, Y. Sun, and Z. Sun. 2008. New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery. Progress in Natural Science 18:1315-1319 [M. Carrano/H. Street]

Secondary references:

68903 D.-Y. Jiang, W.-B. Lin, R. Motani and Z.-Y. Sun. 2018. A new Anisian (Middle Triassic) eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from Panzhou, Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):1-9 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]
66831 D.-Y. Jiang, M. W. Maisch, Z.-Y. Sun, Y.-L. Sun, and W.-C. Hao. 2006. A new species of Lariosaurus (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) of southwestern China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 242(1):19-42 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
35852ETE C. Li, O. Rieppel, X.-C. Wu, L.-J. Zhao, and L.-T. Wang. 2011. A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):303-312 [M. Carrano/H. Street]