Yangmazhai, Luoping County: Pelsonian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Saurosphargidae
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Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Li et al. 2011
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| IVPP V 17040, ZMNH M 8797; both from Yangmazhai Village | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan | County: | Luoping |
| Coordinates: | 24.7° North, 104.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° North, 94.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pelsonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 244.70000 - 243.80000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified muddy lime mudstone |
| Lithology description: Thin-bedded marly limestone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Pachypleurosaur found by a geological mapping team from CCCGS led by Q. Y. Zhang on December 18th, 2007 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 110023 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Clapham, H. Street | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-31 10:54:17 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-31 10:54:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35852. | ETE | 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] |